diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7ead2e8..fbe5cf6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>  
   </properties>
 
   <licenses>
@@ -46,86 +48,7 @@
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.2</version>
-        <configuration>
-        <arguments>-Dgpg.passphrase=${gpg.passphrase}</arguments>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>attach-sources</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>jar</goal>
-              <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-          <id>attach-javadocs</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <snapshotRepository>
-      <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-      <name>Sonatype Nexus snapshot repository</name>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-    </snapshotRepository>
-    <repository>
-      <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
-      <name>Sonatype Nexus release repository</name>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
-    </repository>
-  </distributionManagement>
-
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>release-sign-artifacts</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>performRelease</name>
-          <value>true</value>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <build>
-       <plugins>
-         <plugin>
-           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-           <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-           <version>1.4</version>
-           <configuration>
-             <passphrase>${gpg.passphrase}</passphrase>
-           </configuration>
-           <executions>
-             <execution>
-               <id>sign-artifacts</id>
-               <phase>verify</phase>
-               <goals>
-                 <goal>sign</goal>
-               </goals>
-             </execution>
-           </executions>
-         </plugin>
-       </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
-
 </project>