diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ca94f47f..4e759d19 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -207,12 +207,6 @@
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>
 
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.0</version>
-            </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -233,6 +227,10 @@
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>8</source>
+                    <detectJavaApiLink>false</detectJavaApiLink>
+                </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/solace-spring-cloud-starters/solace-spring-cloud-stream-starter/pom.xml b/solace-spring-cloud-starters/solace-spring-cloud-stream-starter/pom.xml
index b2f533b0..3b3c56b7 100644
--- a/solace-spring-cloud-starters/solace-spring-cloud-stream-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/solace-spring-cloud-starters/solace-spring-cloud-stream-starter/pom.xml
@@ -32,18 +32,7 @@
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <!-- JAR will always be empty - suppress build warning that JAR is empty -->
-                <!-- This warning is triggered when the target/classes directory does not exist -->
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <classesDirectory>.</classesDirectory>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
+
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>