diff --git a/search-services/alfresco-solr/pom.xml b/search-services/alfresco-solr/pom.xml
index e41aa3e86..40d32eee5 100644
--- a/search-services/alfresco-solr/pom.xml
+++ b/search-services/alfresco-solr/pom.xml
@@ -124,15 +124,6 @@
     <build>
         <finalName>alfresco-solr</finalName>
         <plugins>
-            <!-- Set to compile with java 8 -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
diff --git a/search-services/pom.xml b/search-services/pom.xml
index dfd7153cd..fdf13a2f9 100644
--- a/search-services/pom.xml
+++ b/search-services/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-super-pom</artifactId>
-        <version>6</version>
+        <version>7</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>alfresco-solr-parent</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>