diff --git a/devfiles/apache-camel-springboot/devfile.yaml b/devfiles/apache-camel-springboot/devfile.yaml
index 03ad502f5..4eb5312d6 100644
--- a/devfiles/apache-camel-springboot/devfile.yaml
+++ b/devfiles/apache-camel-springboot/devfile.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ components:
     image: quay.io/eclipse/che-java8-maven:nightly
     env:
       - name: MAVEN_CONFIG
-        value: "/home/user/.m2"
+        value: ""
       - name: MAVEN_OPTS
         value: "-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=50.0 -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=10
           -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=20 -XX:GCTimeRatio=4 -XX:AdaptiveSizePolicyWeight=90
diff --git a/devfiles/java-maven/devfile.yaml b/devfiles/java-maven/devfile.yaml
index 311fbba2a..865a5b822 100644
--- a/devfiles/java-maven/devfile.yaml
+++ b/devfiles/java-maven/devfile.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ components:
     image: quay.io/eclipse/che-java11-maven:nightly
     env:
       - name: MAVEN_CONFIG
-        value: /home/user/.m2
+        value: ""
       - name: MAVEN_OPTS
         value: "-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=50 -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=10
           -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=20 -XX:GCTimeRatio=4 -XX:AdaptiveSizePolicyWeight=90
diff --git a/devfiles/java-mongo/devfile.yaml b/devfiles/java-mongo/devfile.yaml
index ce6f6b637..e112410c1 100644
--- a/devfiles/java-mongo/devfile.yaml
+++ b/devfiles/java-mongo/devfile.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ components:
   alias: maven
   image: quay.io/eclipse/che-java8-maven:nightly
   env:
+  - name: MAVEN_CONFIG
+    value: ""
   - name: JAVA_OPTS
     value: "-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=50.0 -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=10
           -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=20 -XX:GCTimeRatio=4 -XX:AdaptiveSizePolicyWeight=90
diff --git a/devfiles/java-mysql/devfile.yaml b/devfiles/java-mysql/devfile.yaml
index a1db4fb7e..42767a344 100644
--- a/devfiles/java-mysql/devfile.yaml
+++ b/devfiles/java-mysql/devfile.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ components:
     alias: tools
     image: quay.io/eclipse/che-java8-maven:nightly
     env:
+      - name: MAVEN_CONFIG	
+        value: ""
       - name: JAVA_OPTS
         value: "-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=50.0 -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=10
           -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=20 -XX:GCTimeRatio=4 -XX:AdaptiveSizePolicyWeight=90
diff --git a/devfiles/java-web-spring/devfile.yaml b/devfiles/java-web-spring/devfile.yaml
index 4a2330d74..1567d7904 100644
--- a/devfiles/java-web-spring/devfile.yaml
+++ b/devfiles/java-web-spring/devfile.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ components:
     alias: tools
     image: quay.io/eclipse/che-java8-maven:nightly
     env:
+      - name: MAVEN_CONFIG	
+        value: ""
       - name: JAVA_OPTS
         value: "-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=50.0 -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=10
           -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=20 -XX:GCTimeRatio=4 -XX:AdaptiveSizePolicyWeight=90
diff --git a/devfiles/java-web-vertx/devfile.yaml b/devfiles/java-web-vertx/devfile.yaml
index fb56edcdd..71a70a1a3 100644
--- a/devfiles/java-web-vertx/devfile.yaml
+++ b/devfiles/java-web-vertx/devfile.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ components:
     alias: maven
     image: quay.io/eclipse/che-java8-maven:nightly
     env:
+      - name: MAVEN_CONFIG
+        value: ""
       - name: JAVA_OPTS
         value: "-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=50.0 -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=10
           -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=20 -XX:GCTimeRatio=4 -XX:AdaptiveSizePolicyWeight=90