diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 346d0d44..d7df4716 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@
             <id>validate</id>
             <phase>validate</phase>
             <configuration>
-              <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
               <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
               <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
             </configuration>