diff --git a/oce-main/oce-ui/pom.xml b/oce-main/oce-ui/pom.xml
index 60cb463f0..58cc0210a 100644
--- a/oce-main/oce-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/oce-main/oce-ui/pom.xml
@@ -33,32 +33,11 @@
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-
-		<!-- JavaFX 2 -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.oracle</groupId>
-			<artifactId>javafx</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-<!-- 		<dependency> -->
-<!-- 			<groupId>com.aquafx-project</groupId> -->
-<!-- 			<artifactId>aquafx</artifactId> -->
-<!-- 			<version>0.1</version> -->
-<!-- 		</dependency> -->
 	</dependencies>
 
 
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
-			<!-- allows building using the maven goal "com.zenjava:javafx-maven-plugin:jar" -->
-			<!-- Java < 8: invoke this before your first build: http://zenjava.com/javafx/maven/fix-classpath.html -->
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>com.zenjava</groupId>
-				<artifactId>javafx-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.0</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<mainClass>${exec.mainClass}</mainClass>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
 
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/oce-main/pom.xml b/oce-main/pom.xml
index 700e5bcbe..a618e9512 100644
--- a/oce-main/pom.xml
+++ b/oce-main/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<project.java.version>1.7</project.java.version>
+		<project.java.version>1.8</project.java.version>
 
 		<!-- dependency versions -->
 		<log4j.version>1.2.16</log4j.version>
@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@
 		<commons-io.version>2.4</commons-io.version>
 		<commons-collections.version>4.0</commons-collections.version>
 		<commons-lang.version>3.1</commons-lang.version>
-
-		<!-- Will be included in Java 8. Until then we need this dependency -->
-		<javafx.version>2.2</javafx.version>
-		<jdk.home>/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home</jdk.home>
-		<javafx.runtime.lib.jar>${jdk.home}/jre/lib/jfxrt.jar</javafx.runtime.lib.jar>
-		<javafx.tools.ant.jar>${jdk.home}/lib/ant-javafx.jar</javafx.tools.ant.jar>
 	</properties>
 
 	<developers>
@@ -87,15 +81,6 @@
 				<version>2.3.0</version>
 			</dependency>
 
-			<!-- JavaFX -->
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>com.oracle</groupId>
-				<artifactId>javafx</artifactId>
-				<version>${javafx.version}</version>
-				<systemPath>${javafx.runtime.lib.jar}</systemPath>
-				<scope>system</scope>
-			</dependency>
-
 			<!-- JUnit -->
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -118,7 +103,7 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>3.0</version>
+					<version>3.1</version>
 					<configuration>
 						<source>${project.java.version}</source>
 						<target>${project.java.version}</target>