diff --git a/plexus-i18n-1.0-build.xml b/plexus-i18n-1.0-build.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b7565f..0000000
--- a/plexus-i18n-1.0-build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,127 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-
-<!--build.xml generated by maven from project.xml version 1.0-beta-6
-  on date November 7 2005, time 1319-->
-<project default="jar" name="plexus-i18n" basedir=".">
-  <property name="defaulttargetdir" value="target"></property>
-  <property name="libdir" value="target/lib"></property>
-  <property name="classesdir" value="target/classes"></property>
-  <property name="testclassesdir" value="target/test-classes"></property>
-  <property name="testclassesdir" value="target/test-classes"></property>
-  <property name="testreportdir" value="target/test-reports"></property>
-  <property name="distdir" value="dist"></property>
-  <property name="javadocdir" value="target/docs/apidocs"></property>
-  <property name="final.name" value="plexus-i18n-1.0-beta-6"></property>
-  <path id="build.classpath">
-    <fileset dir="${libdir}">
-      <include name="**/*.jar"></include>
-    </fileset>
-  </path>
-  <target name="init" description="o Initializes some properties">
-    <mkdir dir="${libdir}"></mkdir>
-    <condition property="noget">
-      <equals arg2="only" arg1="${build.sysclasspath}"></equals>
-    </condition>
-    <!--Test if JUNIT is present in ANT classpath-->
-    <available property="Junit.present" classname="junit.framework.Test"></available>
-  </target>
-  <target name="compile" description="o Compile the code" depends="get-deps">
-    <mkdir dir="${classesdir}"></mkdir>
-    <javac destdir="${classesdir}" deprecation="true" debug="true" optimize="false" excludes="**/package.html">
-      <src>
-        <pathelement location="src/main/java"></pathelement>
-      </src>
-      <classpath refid="build.classpath"></classpath>
-    </javac>
-    <copy todir="${classesdir}">
-      <fileset dir="src/main/resources">
-        <include name="**/*"></include>
-      </fileset>
-    </copy>
-  </target>
-  <target name="jar" description="o Create the jar" depends="compile,test">
-    <jar jarfile="${defaulttargetdir}/${final.name}.jar" excludes="**/package.html" basedir="${classesdir}"></jar>
-  </target>
-  <target name="clean" description="o Clean up the generated directories">
-    <delete dir="${defaulttargetdir}"></delete>
-    <delete dir="${distdir}"></delete>
-  </target>
-  <target name="dist" description="o Create a distribution" depends="jar, javadoc">
-    <mkdir dir="dist"></mkdir>
-    <copy todir="dist">
-      <fileset dir="${defaulttargetdir}" includes="*.jar"></fileset>
-      <fileset dir="${basedir}" includes="LICENSE*, README*"></fileset>
-    </copy>
-  </target>
-  <target name="test" description="o Run the test cases" if="test.failure" depends="internal-test">
-    <fail message="There were test failures."></fail>
-  </target>
-  <target name="internal-test" if="Junit.present" depends="junit-present,compile-tests">
-    <mkdir dir="${testreportdir}"></mkdir>
-    <junit dir="./" failureproperty="test.failure" printSummary="yes" fork="true" haltonerror="true">
-      <sysproperty key="basedir" value="."></sysproperty>
-      <formatter type="xml"></formatter>
-      <formatter usefile="false" type="plain"></formatter>
-      <classpath>
-        <path refid="build.classpath"></path>
-        <pathelement path="${testclassesdir}"></pathelement>
-        <pathelement path="${classesdir}"></pathelement>
-      </classpath>
-      <batchtest todir="${testreportdir}">
-        <fileset dir="src/test/java">
-          <include name="**/*Test.java"></include>
-          <exclude name="**/Abstract*.java"></exclude>
-        </fileset>
-      </batchtest>
-    </junit>
-  </target>
-  <target name="junit-present" unless="Junit.present" depends="init">
-    <echo>================================= WARNING ================================</echo>
-    <echo>Junit isn't present in your ${ANT_HOME}/lib directory. Tests not executed.</echo>
-    <echo>==========================================================================</echo>
-  </target>
-  <target name="compile-tests" if="Junit.present" depends="junit-present,compile">
-    <mkdir dir="${testclassesdir}"></mkdir>
-    <javac destdir="${testclassesdir}" deprecation="true" debug="true" optimize="false" excludes="**/package.html">
-      <src>
-        <pathelement location="src/test/java"></pathelement>
-      </src>
-      <classpath>
-        <path refid="build.classpath"></path>
-        <pathelement path="${classesdir}"></pathelement>
-      </classpath>
-    </javac>
-    <copy todir="${testclassesdir}">
-      <fileset dir="src/test/resources">
-        <include name="**/*"></include>
-      </fileset>
-    </copy>
-  </target>
-  <target name="javadoc" description="o Generate javadoc" depends="get-deps">
-    <mkdir dir="${javadocdir}"></mkdir>
-    <tstamp>
-      <format pattern="-yyyy" property="year"></format>
-    </tstamp>
-    <property name="copyright" value="Copyright &amp;copy;  . All Rights Reserved."></property>
-    <property name="title" value="Plexus I18N Component 1.0-beta-6 API"></property>
-    <javadoc use="true" private="true" destdir="${javadocdir}" author="true" version="true" sourcepath="src/main/java" packagenames="org.codehaus.plexus.i18n.*">
-      <classpath>
-        <path refid="build.classpath"></path>
-      </classpath>
-    </javadoc>
-  </target>
-  <target name="get-deps" unless="noget" depends="init">
-    <!--Proxy settings works only with a JDK 1.2 and higher.-->
-<!--
-    <setproxy></setproxy>
-    <get dest="${libdir}/plexus_container-default.jar" usetimestamp="true" ignoreerrors="true" src="file:/usr/share/maven-1.0/repository/JPP/jars/plexus_container-default.jar"></get>
-    <get dest="${libdir}/plexus_utils.jar" usetimestamp="true" ignoreerrors="true" src="file:/usr/share/maven-1.0/repository/JPP/jars/plexus_utils.jar"></get>
-    <get dest="${libdir}/classworlds.jar" usetimestamp="true" ignoreerrors="true" src="file:/usr/share/maven-1.0/repository/JPP/jars/classworlds.jar"></get>
-    <get dest="${libdir}/[junit].jar" usetimestamp="true" ignoreerrors="true" src="file:/usr/share/maven-1.0/repository/JPP/jars/[junit].jar"></get>
--->
-  </target>
-  <target name="install-maven">
-    <get dest="${user.home}/maven-install-latest.jar" usetimestamp="true" src="${repo}/maven/maven-install-latest.jar"></get>
-    <unjar dest="${maven.home}" src="${user.home}/maven-install-latest.jar"></unjar>
-  </target>
-</project>
diff --git a/plexus-i18n-1.0-plexus-components.xml b/plexus-i18n-1.0-plexus-components.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index eb74f72..0000000
--- a/plexus-i18n-1.0-plexus-components.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<component-set>
-
-  <components>
-    <component>
-      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.i18n.I18N</role>
-      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.i18n.DefaultI18N</implementation>
-    </component>
-  </components>
-
-</component-set>
diff --git a/plexus-i18n.spec b/plexus-i18n.spec
index d7664bb..9d0a696 100644
--- a/plexus-i18n.spec
+++ b/plexus-i18n.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name:           plexus-i18n
 Version:        1.0
-Release:        0.16.b10.4%{?dist}
+Release:        0.17.b10.4%{?dist}
 Summary:        Plexus I18N Component
 License:        ASL 2.0
 URL:            https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-i18n
@@ -41,8 +41,11 @@ Javadoc for %{name}.
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1
 
+# remove maven-compiler-plugin configuration that is broken with Java 11
+%pom_xpath_remove 'pom:plugin[pom:artifactId="maven-compiler-plugin"]/pom:configuration'
+
 %build
-%mvn_build
+%mvn_build -- -Dmaven.compiler.source=1.8 -Dmaven.compiler.target=1.8
 
 %install
 %mvn_install
@@ -52,6 +55,9 @@ Javadoc for %{name}.
 %files javadoc -f .mfiles-javadoc
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Jul 18 2020 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com> - 1.0-0.17.b10.4
+- Set javac source and target to 1.8 to fix Java 11 builds.
+
 * Sat Jul 11 2020 Jiri Vanek <jvanek@redhat.com> - 1.0-0.16.b10.4
 - Rebuilt for JDK-11, see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Java11