diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1abf9800178..ddd0d3a8a4c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -436,7 +436,6 @@
     <commons-lang-version>2.4</commons-lang-version>
     <slf4j-version>1.6.3</slf4j-version>
     <scala-maven-plugin-version>3.1.5</scala-maven-plugin-version>
-    <scala-version>2.10.4</scala-version>
     <jmustache-version>1.9</jmustache-version>
   </properties>
 </project>