diff --git a/java-language/grpc-google-cloud-language-v2/pom.xml b/java-language/grpc-google-cloud-language-v2/pom.xml
index 20c7c20d5cbd..4d74ff5a8589 100644
--- a/java-language/grpc-google-cloud-language-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/java-language/grpc-google-cloud-language-v2/pom.xml
@@ -42,28 +42,4 @@
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>java9</id>
-      <activation>
-        <jdk>[9,)</jdk>
-      </activation>
-      <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
-          <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-          <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
 </project>
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diff --git a/java-language/proto-google-cloud-language-v2/pom.xml b/java-language/proto-google-cloud-language-v2/pom.xml
index 4f7e4116777c..908f77b2e5f2 100644
--- a/java-language/proto-google-cloud-language-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/java-language/proto-google-cloud-language-v2/pom.xml
@@ -34,13 +34,4 @@
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-          <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
 </project>