diff --git a/.mvn/readme.txt b/.mvn/readme.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index a1333a41d2291..0000000000000
--- 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 ${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}, we can remove this file and .mvn directory.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 75a7cd098a95a..39eeb125043d6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -816,6 +816,7 @@ under the License.
                     <artifactId>spotless-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>${spotless.version}</version>
                     <configuration>
+                        <baseDir>${project.basedir}</baseDir>
                         <java>
                             <googleJavaFormat>
                                 <version>1.7</version>
@@ -829,18 +830,18 @@ under the License.
 
                             <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>