diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
index 0aee3ad20..9635af3f9 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@
               <properties>
                 <maven.compiler.source>${maven.compiler.source}</maven.compiler.source>
                 <maven.compiler.target>${maven.compiler.target}</maven.compiler.target>
+                <https.protocols>${https.protocols}</https.protocols>
               </properties>
             </configuration>
             <executions>
@@ -372,53 +373,5 @@
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>jdk7</id>
-      <activation>
-        <jdk>1.7</jdk>
-      </activation>
-      <build>
-        <pluginManagement>
-          <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-              <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-              <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
-              <configuration>
-                <mavenOpts>-Dhttps.protocols=TLSv1.2</mavenOpts>
-              </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-          </plugins>
-        </pluginManagement>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>maven-2</id>
-      <activation>
-        <file>
-          <!--  This employs that the basedir expression is only recognized by Maven 3.x (see MNG-2363) -->
-          <missing>${basedir}</missing>
-        </file>
-      </activation>
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-            <configuration>
-              <!-- see https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-5346 -->
-              <skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>true</skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>
-            </configuration>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>mojo-descriptor</id>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>descriptor</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>    
   </profiles>
 </project>