diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 914db754..6209cdfc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -575,7 +575,6 @@
         <artifactId>taglist-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.2.1</version>
         <configuration>
-          <encoding>${encoding.utf8}</encoding>
           <tagListOptions>
             <tagClasses>
               <tagClass>