diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-1.x/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-1.x/pom.xml
index 3ba806e..b484049 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-1.x/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-1.x/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
 <!--
  ! Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  ! or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
@@ -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>
+
 
 	<profiles>
 		<profile>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-2.x/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-2.x/pom.xml
index 1ec9c85..87cd2b4 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-2.x/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-2.x/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
 <!--
  ! Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  ! or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
@@ -27,20 +26,6 @@
 		<groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
 		<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>
 
 	<profiles>
 		<profile>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml
index 170ef5b..9365359 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml
@@ -31,16 +31,6 @@
 	<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>
-			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>2.5</version>
 				<configuration>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
index 1bfafbb..e08e0cd 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
  ! Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  ! or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file