diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index bbdfabde99..16d30b91b9 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -124,13 +124,6 @@
           <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
           <testExcludes combine.children="append" />
         </configuration>
-        <dependencies>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>plexus-java</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.0</version>
-          </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/factory/pom.xml b/factory/pom.xml
index 90690c071b..cf868aa54f 100644
--- a/factory/pom.xml
+++ b/factory/pom.xml
@@ -216,13 +216,6 @@
             </path>
           </annotationProcessorPaths>
         </configuration>
-        <dependencies>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>plexus-java</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.0</version>
-          </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/factory/src/it/functional/pom.xml b/factory/src/it/functional/pom.xml
index b47b7adb33..9b9d3e99dc 100644
--- a/factory/src/it/functional/pom.xml
+++ b/factory/src/it/functional/pom.xml
@@ -95,13 +95,6 @@
           <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
           <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
         </configuration>
-        <dependencies>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>plexus-java</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.5</version>
-          </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
diff --git a/service/pom.xml b/service/pom.xml
index 3d14a41109..f1262fe780 100644
--- a/service/pom.xml
+++ b/service/pom.xml
@@ -119,13 +119,6 @@
             <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
             <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
           </configuration>
-          <dependencies>
-            <dependency>
-              <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-              <artifactId>plexus-java</artifactId>
-              <version>1.4.0</version>
-            </dependency>
-          </dependencies>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/value/pom.xml b/value/pom.xml
index 21c7e97684..7a86f4c8f7 100644
--- a/value/pom.xml
+++ b/value/pom.xml
@@ -162,13 +162,6 @@
             <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
             <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
           </configuration>
-          <dependencies>
-            <dependency>
-              <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-              <artifactId>plexus-java</artifactId>
-              <version>1.4.0</version>
-            </dependency>
-          </dependencies>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <id>default-testCompile</id>
diff --git a/value/src/it/functional/pom.xml b/value/src/it/functional/pom.xml
index 05fd6b51be..5809aedbd3 100644
--- a/value/src/it/functional/pom.xml
+++ b/value/src/it/functional/pom.xml
@@ -145,13 +145,6 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.14.0</version>
-        <dependencies>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>plexus-java</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.0</version>
-          </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
         <configuration>
           <annotationProcessorPaths>
             <path>
@@ -222,13 +215,6 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
             <version>3.14.0</version>
-            <dependencies>
-              <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-                <artifactId>plexus-java</artifactId>
-                <version>1.4.0</version>
-              </dependency>
-            </dependencies>
             <configuration>
               <annotationProcessorPaths>
                 <path>
diff --git a/value/src/it/gwtserializer/pom.xml b/value/src/it/gwtserializer/pom.xml
index 941d51d098..9a4a47f3b1 100644
--- a/value/src/it/gwtserializer/pom.xml
+++ b/value/src/it/gwtserializer/pom.xml
@@ -89,13 +89,6 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.14.0</version>
-        <dependencies>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>plexus-java</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.0</version>
-          </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
         <configuration>
           <source>1.8</source>
           <target>1.8</target>