diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 493d4b4c610..a29120b587e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@
     <dockerfile-maven-plugin.version>1.4.13</dockerfile-maven-plugin.version>
     <download-maven-plugin.version>1.6.8</download-maven-plugin.version>
     <exec-maven-plugin.version>3.0.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
-    <gmavenplus-plugin.version>3.0.2</gmavenplus-plugin.version>
     <license-maven-plugin.version>1.6</license-maven-plugin.version>
     <lombok-maven-plugin.version>1.18.20.0</lombok-maven-plugin.version>
     <maven-antrun-plugin.version>1.8</maven-antrun-plugin.version>
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests-base-groovy/pom.xml b/tests/integration-tests-base-groovy/pom.xml
index adae9a8b80d..6becc941560 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests-base-groovy/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/integration-tests-base-groovy/pom.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
         <configuration combine.self="override">
           <!-- combine.self="override" stops compilerArgs from parent pom being merged //-->
           <compilerId>groovy-eclipse-compiler</compilerId>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
         <dependencies>
           <dependency>
@@ -57,24 +58,6 @@
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
-        <artifactId>groovy-eclipse-compiler</artifactId>
-        <version>${groovy-eclipse-compiler.version}</version>
-        <extensions>true</extensions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.gmavenplus</groupId>
-        <artifactId>gmavenplus-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${gmavenplus-plugin.version}</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>compileTests</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>