diff --git a/engine/pom.xml b/engine/pom.xml
index e1681f1b719..0aca70ef98b 100644
--- a/engine/pom.xml
+++ b/engine/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
   or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
@@ -16,7 +15,8 @@
   KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
   specific language governing permissions and limitations
   under the License.
---><project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>cloud-engine</artifactId>
   <name>Apache CloudStack Cloud Engine</name>
diff --git a/engine/service/pom.xml b/engine/service/pom.xml
index fa8826bfce1..cd4e9531d28 100644
--- a/engine/service/pom.xml
+++ b/engine/service/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
   specific language governing permissions and limitations
   under the License.
 -->
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
 <project
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
   xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">