diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index a3912a56..50879792 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ order.
 
 === Release 1.0.0 (In progress)
 
+* https://github.com/spring-io/initializr/issues/120[#120]: remove start-class property from Maven build
 * https://github.com/spring-io/initializr/issues/96[#96]: export service metrics to redis
 * https://github.com/spring-io/initializr/issues/115[#115]: rename /metadata/service to /metadata/config
 * https://github.com/spring-io/initializr/issues/89[#89]: better describe service capability
diff --git a/initializr/src/main/resources/templates/starter-pom.xml b/initializr/src/main/resources/templates/starter-pom.xml
index 8e3db099..38cc6518 100644
--- a/initializr/src/main/resources/templates/starter-pom.xml
+++ b/initializr/src/main/resources/templates/starter-pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<start-class>${packageName}.${applicationName}</start-class>
 		<java.version>${javaVersion}</java.version>
 	</properties>
 
diff --git a/initializr/src/test/groovy/io/spring/initializr/generator/ProjectGeneratorTests.groovy b/initializr/src/test/groovy/io/spring/initializr/generator/ProjectGeneratorTests.groovy
index b7e563db..1c34d65b 100644
--- a/initializr/src/test/groovy/io/spring/initializr/generator/ProjectGeneratorTests.groovy
+++ b/initializr/src/test/groovy/io/spring/initializr/generator/ProjectGeneratorTests.groovy
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ class ProjectGeneratorTests {
 		projectGenerator.listeners << listener
 
 		def request = createProjectRequest('web')
-		generateMavenPom(request).hasStartClass('demo.DemoApplication')
-				.hasNoRepository().hasSpringBootStarterDependency('web')
+		generateMavenPom(request).hasNoRepository()
+				.hasSpringBootStarterDependency('web')
 		verify(listener, times(1)).onGeneratedProject(request)
 	}
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class ProjectGeneratorTests {
 
 		def request = createProjectRequest('web')
 		generateProject(request).isJavaProject().isMavenProject().pomAssert()
-				.hasStartClass('demo.DemoApplication').hasNoRepository().hasSpringBootStarterDependency('web')
+				.hasNoRepository().hasSpringBootStarterDependency('web')
 		verify(listener, times(1)).onGeneratedProject(request)
 	}
 
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ class ProjectGeneratorTests {
 	void mavenPomWithBootSnapshot() {
 		def request = createProjectRequest('web')
 		request.bootVersion = '1.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT'
-		generateMavenPom(request).hasStartClass('demo.DemoApplication')
-				.hasSnapshotRepository().hasSpringBootStarterDependency('web')
+		generateMavenPom(request).hasSnapshotRepository()
+				.hasSpringBootStarterDependency('web')
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class ProjectGeneratorTests {
 		projectGenerator.metadata = metadata
 
 		def request = createProjectRequest('thymeleaf')
-		generateMavenPom(request).hasStartClass('demo.DemoApplication')
+		generateMavenPom(request)
 				.hasDependency('org.foo', 'thymeleaf')
 				.hasDependenciesCount(2)
 	}
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class ProjectGeneratorTests {
 		def request = createProjectRequest('thymeleaf')
 		request.packaging = 'war'
 		generateProject(request).isJavaWarProject().isMavenProject().
-				pomAssert().hasStartClass('demo.DemoApplication')
+				pomAssert()
 				.hasSpringBootStarterTomcat()
 				.hasDependency('org.foo', 'thymeleaf') // This is tagged as web facet so it brings the web one
 				.hasSpringBootStarterTest()
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class ProjectGeneratorTests {
 	void mavenWarPomWithoutWebFacet() {
 		def request = createProjectRequest('data-jpa')
 		request.packaging = 'war'
-		generateMavenPom(request).hasStartClass('demo.DemoApplication')
+		generateMavenPom(request)
 				.hasSpringBootStarterTomcat()
 				.hasSpringBootStarterDependency('data-jpa')
 				.hasSpringBootStarterDependency('web') // Added by war packaging
diff --git a/initializr/src/test/groovy/io/spring/initializr/test/PomAssert.groovy b/initializr/src/test/groovy/io/spring/initializr/test/PomAssert.groovy
index 1ae7a739..8fb4485c 100644
--- a/initializr/src/test/groovy/io/spring/initializr/test/PomAssert.groovy
+++ b/initializr/src/test/groovy/io/spring/initializr/test/PomAssert.groovy
@@ -102,11 +102,6 @@ class PomAssert {
 		this
 	}
 
-	PomAssert hasStartClass(String fqn) {
-		assertEquals fqn, eng.evaluate(createPropertyNodeXpath('start-class'), doc)
-		this
-	}
-
 	PomAssert hasDependenciesCount(int count) {
 		assertEquals "Wrong number of declared dependencies -->'${dependencies.keySet()}",
 				count, dependencies.size()
diff --git a/initializr/src/test/groovy/io/spring/initializr/web/MainControllerDefaultsIntegrationTests.groovy b/initializr/src/test/groovy/io/spring/initializr/web/MainControllerDefaultsIntegrationTests.groovy
index 41eb28f0..83372972 100644
--- a/initializr/src/test/groovy/io/spring/initializr/web/MainControllerDefaultsIntegrationTests.groovy
+++ b/initializr/src/test/groovy/io/spring/initializr/web/MainControllerDefaultsIntegrationTests.groovy
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class MainControllerDefaultsIntegrationTests extends AbstractInitializrControlle
 		def content = restTemplate.getForObject(createUrl('/pom.xml?style=web'), String)
 		def pomAssert = new PomAssert(content)
 		pomAssert.hasGroupId('org.foo').hasArtifactId('foo-bar').hasVersion('1.2.4-SNAPSHOT').hasPackaging('jar')
-				.hasName('FooBar').hasDescription('FooBar Project').hasStartClass('org.foo.demo.FooBarApplication')
+				.hasName('FooBar').hasDescription('FooBar Project')
 	}
 
 	@Test