diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d016fe2..3339700 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 <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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>com.google</groupId>
-    <artifactId>google</artifactId>
-    <version>5</version>
-  </parent>
   <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
   <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
   <version>r09</version>
@@ -25,6 +20,9 @@
     per the JSR-305 spec.
   </description>
   <url>http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries</url>
+  <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
   <issueManagement>
   	<system>code.google.com</system>
   	<url>http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/issues</url>