diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml
index 09adabf..26d8e41 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml
@@ -27,20 +27,7 @@
     <version>0.2.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.2</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.7</source>
-          <target>1.7</target>
-          <fork>true</fork>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
+
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml
index 46395e4..d3c99129 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
  ! specific language governing permissions and limitations
  ! under the License.
  !-->
-
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>hyracks-control-common</artifactId>
@@ -28,20 +27,7 @@
     <version>0.2.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.2</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.7</source>
-          <target>1.7</target>
-          <fork>true</fork>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
+
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml
index 55f326e..56d7110 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml
@@ -27,20 +27,7 @@
     <version>0.2.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.2</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.7</source>
-          <target>1.7</target>
-          <fork>true</fork>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
+
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>