diff --git a/app/display/linearmeter/pom.xml b/app/display/linearmeter/pom.xml
index 9bdaa4209b..2fcc980891 100644
--- a/app/display/linearmeter/pom.xml
+++ b/app/display/linearmeter/pom.xml
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@
 
     <artifactId>app-display-linearmeter</artifactId>
 
-    <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-    </properties>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.phoebus</groupId>
diff --git a/app/display/thumbwheel/pom.xml b/app/display/thumbwheel/pom.xml
index 367c9c716c..3926bd4029 100644
--- a/app/display/thumbwheel/pom.xml
+++ b/app/display/thumbwheel/pom.xml
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-    <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-    </properties>
-
     <artifactId>app-display-thumbwheel</artifactId>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d5199d0a22..fa1230b9bf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@
               <configuration>
                 <!-- add this to disable checking -->
                 <doclint>none</doclint>
-                <source>11</source>
               </configuration>
             </execution>
           </executions>