diff --git a/.mvn/readme.txt b/.mvn/readme.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index a1333a41d229..000000000000
--- a/.mvn/readme.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-The .mvn directory is needed to be able to use the ${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory} property, since git cannot
-commit an empty directory, add this file.
-
-Once we do not use ${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}, we can remove this file and .mvn directory.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 75a7cd098a95..5abc4896ac20 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -828,19 +828,18 @@ under the License.
                             </importOrder>
 
                             <licenseHeader>
-                                <!-- replace it with ${project.rootDirectory} after maven 4.0.0, see MNG-7038 -->
-                                <file>${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/copyright.txt</file>
+                                <file>copyright.txt</file>
                                 <delimiter>${spotless.delimiter}</delimiter>
                             </licenseHeader>
                         </java>
                         <scala>
                             <scalafmt>
                                 <version>3.4.3</version>
-                                <file>${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/.scalafmt.conf</file>
+                                <file>.scalafmt.conf</file>
                             </scalafmt>
 
                             <licenseHeader>
-                                <file>${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/copyright.txt</file>
+                                <file>copyright.txt</file>
                                 <delimiter>${spotless.delimiter}</delimiter>
                             </licenseHeader>
                         </scala>