diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 105e2969c..fe1b307f1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@
 	      <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 	      <version>3.11.0</version>
 	      <configuration>
-	      	<source>17</source>
 	      	<release>17</release>
 	        <encoding>utf-8</encoding>
 	      </configuration>