diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 41aa43882..ab4b00203 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <java.version>1.8</java.version>
     <guava.version>32.1.3-jre</guava.version>
     <truth.version>1.4.0</truth.version>
     <jspecify.version>1.0.0</jspecify.version>
@@ -191,8 +190,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <source>${java.version}</source>
-          <target>${java.version}</target>
           <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
           <compilerArgs>
             <!-- compile-time arguments for google-java-format -->