diff --git a/testsrunner/org.eclipse.cdt.testsrunner.test/build.properties b/testsrunner/org.eclipse.cdt.testsrunner.test/build.properties
index 67172946998..1a640cdd7e7 100644
--- a/testsrunner/org.eclipse.cdt.testsrunner.test/build.properties
+++ b/testsrunner/org.eclipse.cdt.testsrunner.test/build.properties
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ bin.includes = META-INF/,\
                OSGI-INF/,\
                test.xml,\
                about.html
-jre.compilation.profile = J2SE-1.5
+
 src.includes = about.html
diff --git a/testsrunner/org.eclipse.cdt.testsrunner.test/pom.xml b/testsrunner/org.eclipse.cdt.testsrunner.test/pom.xml
index 34faa27f7fa..53b4762eea8 100644
--- a/testsrunner/org.eclipse.cdt.testsrunner.test/pom.xml
+++ b/testsrunner/org.eclipse.cdt.testsrunner.test/pom.xml
@@ -26,15 +26,6 @@
   
   <build>
 		<plugins>
-			<!-- Not sure why but this is necessary since Tycho 0.14, perhaps this is a bug -->
-			<plugin> 
-				<groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
-				<artifactId>tycho-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<configuration> 
-					<source>1.6</source> 
-					<target>1.6</target> 
-				</configuration> 
- 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
 				<artifactId>tycho-surefire-plugin</artifactId>