diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index e9cc213..6dfabd1 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
     <name>PWDB :: Test</name>
     <description>Contains the shared test classes for exercising the functionality of a PWDB database implementation.</description>
 
+    <properties>
+        <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.linguafranca.pwdb</groupId>
diff --git a/util/pom.xml b/util/pom.xml
index dbb83f8..3893e1a 100644
--- a/util/pom.xml
+++ b/util/pom.xml
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 	<artifactId>util</artifactId>
 
 	<properties>
-		<maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-		<maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+		<maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>