diff --git a/account/pom.xml b/account/pom.xml
index 84f43f2..717e92e 100644
--- a/account/pom.xml
+++ b/account/pom.xml
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
 
     <name>shared-account</name>
 
-    <properties>
-        <endorsed.dir>${project.build.directory}/endorsed</endorsed.dir>
+    <properties>        
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target> 
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -46,15 +47,7 @@
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
+            <!-- create EJB version 3.1 -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-ejb-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -63,31 +56,6 @@
                     <ejbVersion>3.1</ejbVersion>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.10</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>validate</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>copy</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <outputDirectory>${endorsed.dir}</outputDirectory>
-                            <silent>true</silent>
-                            <artifactItems>
-                                <artifactItem>
-                                    <groupId>javax</groupId>
-                                    <artifactId>javaee-endorsed-api</artifactId>
-                                    <version>7.0</version>
-                                    <type>jar</type>
-                                </artifactItem>
-                            </artifactItems>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>