diff --git a/annotation-error-decoder/pom.xml b/annotation-error-decoder/pom.xml
index f184407bd..e6eb341c2 100644
--- a/annotation-error-decoder/pom.xml
+++ b/annotation-error-decoder/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
   <name>Feign Annotation Error Decoder</name>
   <description>Feign Annotation Error Decoder</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/apt-test-generator/pom.xml b/apt-test-generator/pom.xml
index c341cf77f..90bac4baa 100644
--- a/apt-test-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/apt-test-generator/pom.xml
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
   <description>Feign code generation tool for mocked clients</description>
 
   <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-
     <moditect.skip>true</moditect.skip>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/benchmark/pom.xml b/benchmark/pom.xml
index 0622f2ac8..00cf85657 100644
--- a/benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
     <rx.netty.version>0.5.3</rx.netty.version>
     <rx.java.version>1.3.8</rx.java.version>
     <netty.version>4.1.114.Final</netty.version>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-
     <moditect.skip>true</moditect.skip>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index abf5cc28a..1598c3510 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
   <name>Feign Core</name>
   <description>Feign Core</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-metrics4/pom.xml b/dropwizard-metrics4/pom.xml
index 66e5594e0..b2f23a08d 100644
--- a/dropwizard-metrics4/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-metrics4/pom.xml
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@
   <name>Feign Dropwizard Metrics4</name>
   <description>Feign Dropwizard Metrics 4</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-metrics5/pom.xml b/dropwizard-metrics5/pom.xml
index 24706273e..3b3720d9e 100644
--- a/dropwizard-metrics5/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-metrics5/pom.xml
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@
   <name>Feign Dropwizard Metrics5</name>
   <description>Feign Dropwizard Metrics 5</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/example-github-with-coroutine/pom.xml b/example-github-with-coroutine/pom.xml
index 31b814195..5cfddd1a5 100644
--- a/example-github-with-coroutine/pom.xml
+++ b/example-github-with-coroutine/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>GitHub Example With Coroutine</name>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.github.openfeign</groupId>
diff --git a/example-github/pom.xml b/example-github/pom.xml
index 31d010dd5..16a636637 100644
--- a/example-github/pom.xml
+++ b/example-github/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>GitHub Example</name>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.github.openfeign</groupId>
diff --git a/example-wikipedia-with-springboot/pom.xml b/example-wikipedia-with-springboot/pom.xml
index f2bebc430..10f38279c 100644
--- a/example-wikipedia-with-springboot/pom.xml
+++ b/example-wikipedia-with-springboot/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
   <name>Wikipedia Example with Spring Boot</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
     <main.java.version>17</main.java.version>
     <moditect.skip>true</moditect.skip>
   </properties>
diff --git a/example-wikipedia/pom.xml b/example-wikipedia/pom.xml
index 26fbba5f1..906efa497 100644
--- a/example-wikipedia/pom.xml
+++ b/example-wikipedia/pom.xml
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Wikipedia Example</name>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.github.openfeign</groupId>
diff --git a/fastjson2/pom.xml b/fastjson2/pom.xml
index 2bd8a3d0e..318d2dd83 100644
--- a/fastjson2/pom.xml
+++ b/fastjson2/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
   <name>Feign Fastjson2</name>
   <description>Feign Fastjson2</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/feign-form-spring/pom.xml b/feign-form-spring/pom.xml
index d36be31f1..9cd35b534 100644
--- a/feign-form-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/feign-form-spring/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <main.java.version>17</main.java.version>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/feign-form/pom.xml b/feign-form/pom.xml
index adc759c2d..00663371a 100644
--- a/feign-form/pom.xml
+++ b/feign-form/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
   <artifactId>feign-form</artifactId>
 
   <name>Open Feign Forms Core</name>
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
diff --git a/googlehttpclient/pom.xml b/googlehttpclient/pom.xml
index da63da75e..03698ac17 100644
--- a/googlehttpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/googlehttpclient/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
   <name>Feign Google HTTP Client</name>
   <description>Feign Google HTTP Client</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/gson/pom.xml b/gson/pom.xml
index 670aa66a6..2a829b9cf 100644
--- a/gson/pom.xml
+++ b/gson/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
   <name>Feign Gson</name>
   <description>Feign Gson</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/hc5/pom.xml b/hc5/pom.xml
index 15d385152..48fa470aa 100644
--- a/hc5/pom.xml
+++ b/hc5/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
   <name>Feign Apache HttpComponents Client 5</name>
   <description>Feign Apache HttpComponents Client 5</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/httpclient/pom.xml b/httpclient/pom.xml
index a7ef5fb4a..aca2e1e8e 100644
--- a/httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@
   <name>Feign Apache HttpClient</name>
   <description>Feign Apache HttpClient</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/hystrix/pom.xml b/hystrix/pom.xml
index e12771f66..2d6c75252 100644
--- a/hystrix/pom.xml
+++ b/hystrix/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
   <name>Feign Hystrix</name>
   <description>Feign Hystrix</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/jackson-jaxb/pom.xml b/jackson-jaxb/pom.xml
index f41a9cdcd..a2dcea982 100644
--- a/jackson-jaxb/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-jaxb/pom.xml
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
   <description>Feign Jackson JAXB</description>
 
   <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-
     <moditect.skip>true</moditect.skip>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/jackson-jr/pom.xml b/jackson-jr/pom.xml
index bab2a0181..eb7f0224e 100644
--- a/jackson-jr/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-jr/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
   <name>Feign Jackson Jr</name>
   <description>Feign Jackson Jr</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/jackson/pom.xml b/jackson/pom.xml
index 4afa4eb5b..d7cba6080 100644
--- a/jackson/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
   <name>Feign Jackson</name>
   <description>Feign Jackson</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/jakarta/pom.xml b/jakarta/pom.xml
index 6b70ad117..dc016d7f7 100644
--- a/jakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/jakarta/pom.xml
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <main.java.version>11</main.java.version>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-
     <moditect.skip>true</moditect.skip>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/java11/pom.xml b/java11/pom.xml
index c81bc42ef..3dc3162c4 100644
--- a/java11/pom.xml
+++ b/java11/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
   <properties>
     <!-- override default bytecode version for src/main from parent pom -->
     <main.java.version>11</main.java.version>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/jaxb-jakarta/pom.xml b/jaxb-jakarta/pom.xml
index aea121d7b..4cac2440e 100644
--- a/jaxb-jakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/jaxb-jakarta/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
     <main.java.version>11</main.java.version>
     <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/jaxb/pom.xml b/jaxb/pom.xml
index 6156c56e6..3b4d49046 100644
--- a/jaxb/pom.xml
+++ b/jaxb/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
   <name>Feign JAXB</name>
   <description>Feign JAXB</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/jaxrs/pom.xml b/jaxrs/pom.xml
index 0388d1baf..cafcf3f06 100644
--- a/jaxrs/pom.xml
+++ b/jaxrs/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
   <name>Feign JAX-RS</name>
   <description>Feign JAX-RS</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/jaxrs2/pom.xml b/jaxrs2/pom.xml
index 6e6ab57be..3f8fcc72b 100644
--- a/jaxrs2/pom.xml
+++ b/jaxrs2/pom.xml
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
   <description>Feign JAX-RS 2</description>
 
   <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-
     <moditect.skip>true</moditect.skip>
     <jersey.version>2.45</jersey.version>
   </properties>
diff --git a/jaxrs3/pom.xml b/jaxrs3/pom.xml
index 91d847167..978714006 100644
--- a/jaxrs3/pom.xml
+++ b/jaxrs3/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
   <properties>
     <main.java.version>11</main.java.version>
     <jersey.version>3.1.8</jersey.version>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/jaxrs4/pom.xml b/jaxrs4/pom.xml
index 2e1c710d1..72e7d98dc 100644
--- a/jaxrs4/pom.xml
+++ b/jaxrs4/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
   <properties>
     <main.java.version>17</main.java.version>
     <jersey.version>4.0.0-M1</jersey.version>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/json/pom.xml b/json/pom.xml
index 01e83111e..68e759038 100644
--- a/json/pom.xml
+++ b/json/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
   <name>Feign JSON-java</name>
   <description>Feign JSON-java</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/kotlin/pom.xml b/kotlin/pom.xml
index 9fd07d899..5871610c9 100644
--- a/kotlin/pom.xml
+++ b/kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
   <description>Feign Kotlin</description>
 
   <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
     <kotlin.version>2.0.20</kotlin.version>
     <kotlinx.coroutines.version>1.9.0</kotlinx.coroutines.version>
   </properties>
diff --git a/micrometer/pom.xml b/micrometer/pom.xml
index 6bf528afa..38cd5fcc8 100644
--- a/micrometer/pom.xml
+++ b/micrometer/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
   <description>Feign Micrometer Application Metrics</description>
 
   <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
     <micrometer.version>1.13.5</micrometer.version>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/mock/pom.xml b/mock/pom.xml
index 597c486e7..e1b32ee4b 100644
--- a/mock/pom.xml
+++ b/mock/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
   <name>Feign Mock</name>
   <description>Feign Mock</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/moshi/pom.xml b/moshi/pom.xml
index 175e1d43f..4dec9a5e3 100644
--- a/moshi/pom.xml
+++ b/moshi/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
   <name>Feign Moshi</name>
   <description>Feign Moshi</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/okhttp/pom.xml b/okhttp/pom.xml
index f8d9641a5..012f91422 100644
--- a/okhttp/pom.xml
+++ b/okhttp/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
   <description>Feign OkHttp</description>
 
   <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
     <!-- see https://github.com/square/okhttp/issues/4184 -->
     <!-- <moditect.skip>true</moditect.skip> -->
   </properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 983e89cce..569d3263c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>${main.java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>${main.java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
 
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}</main.basedir>
-
     <okhttp3.version>4.12.0</okhttp3.version>
     <guava.version>33.3.1-jre</guava.version>
     <googlehttpclient.version>1.45.0</googlehttpclient.version>
diff --git a/reactive/pom.xml b/reactive/pom.xml
index 4c528717f..1f214f3cd 100644
--- a/reactive/pom.xml
+++ b/reactive/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
   <description>Reactive Wrapper for Feign Clients</description>
 
   <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
     <reactor.version>3.6.10</reactor.version>
     <reactive.streams.version>1.0.4</reactive.streams.version>
     <reactivex.version>2.2.21</reactivex.version>
diff --git a/ribbon/pom.xml b/ribbon/pom.xml
index f3c5618ec..1e35c459f 100644
--- a/ribbon/pom.xml
+++ b/ribbon/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
   <description>Feign Ribbon</description>
 
   <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
     <ribbon-version>2.7.18</ribbon-version>
 
     <moditect.skip>true</moditect.skip>
diff --git a/sax/pom.xml b/sax/pom.xml
index 9c0942f30..4f47d0f08 100644
--- a/sax/pom.xml
+++ b/sax/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
   <name>Feign SAX</name>
   <description>Feign SAX</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/slf4j/pom.xml b/slf4j/pom.xml
index 2ea31864c..97e86368f 100644
--- a/slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
   <name>Feign SLF4J</name>
   <description>Feign SLF4J</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/soap-jakarta/pom.xml b/soap-jakarta/pom.xml
index 9380ce8c0..ba81246e3 100644
--- a/soap-jakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/soap-jakarta/pom.xml
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
     <main.java.version>11</main.java.version>
     <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-
     <moditect.skip>true</moditect.skip>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/soap/pom.xml b/soap/pom.xml
index d94f3475f..1bdd5056f 100644
--- a/soap/pom.xml
+++ b/soap/pom.xml
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
   <description>Feign SOAP CoDec</description>
 
   <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-
     <moditect.skip>true</moditect.skip>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/spring/pom.xml b/spring/pom.xml
index ab5c8f066..ba4c297b4 100644
--- a/spring/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/pom.xml
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
   <description>Feign Contracts for Spring</description>
 
   <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-
     <main.java.version>17</main.java.version>
     <spring.version>6.0.23</spring.version>
   </properties>
diff --git a/spring4/pom.xml b/spring4/pom.xml
index a086f6418..fc79a484c 100644
--- a/spring4/pom.xml
+++ b/spring4/pom.xml
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
   </distributionManagement>
 
   <properties>
-    <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-
     <spring.version>4.3.30.RELEASE</spring.version>
   </properties>