diff --git a/value/annotations/pom.xml b/value/annotations/pom.xml
index f6867453eb..3058b590a8 100644
--- a/value/annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/value/annotations/pom.xml
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <includes>
-            <include>com/google/auto/value/*</include>
-            <include>com/google/auto/value/extension/memoized/*</include>
-            <include>com/google/auto/value/extension/serializable/*</include>
-            <include>com/google/auto/value/extension/toprettystring/*</include>
+            <include>com/google/auto/value/*.java</include>
+            <include>com/google/auto/value/extension/memoized/*.java</include>
+            <include>com/google/auto/value/extension/serializable/*.java</include>
+            <include>com/google/auto/value/extension/toprettystring/*.java</include>
           </includes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/value/src/it/functional/pom.xml b/value/src/it/functional/pom.xml
index ea8592c3df..7c01fc268a 100644
--- a/value/src/it/functional/pom.xml
+++ b/value/src/it/functional/pom.xml
@@ -115,24 +115,10 @@
         <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
         <executions>
-          <!--
-          The Kotlin configuration here is a bit unusual. JetBrains recommends
-          <https://kotlinlang.org/docs/maven.html#compile-kotlin-and-java-sources>
-          a fairly invasive reconfiguration of the maven-compiler-plugin (which compiles Java)
-          in order to ensure that the Kotlin compiler can run first. In our case, we have just
-          one Kotlin file that a test in Java accesses. So, even though it is in src/test/java,
-          we compile it in the `compile` goal, which means it is available to the Java test sources
-          when they are compiled in the `default-testCompile` goal.
-
-          Currently if you want to use JDK ≥ 16 then you must set
-          JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS=__illegal-access=permit
-          except the two underscores should be dashes (which XML comments won't allow us to write).
-          This is a bug that will presumably be fixed in a forthcoming version.
-          -->
           <execution>
-            <id>compile</id>
+            <id>test-compile</id>
             <goals>
-              <goal>compile</goal>
+              <goal>test-compile</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
               <sourceDirs>
@@ -191,6 +177,10 @@
           <systemPropertyVariables>
             <autoValueVersion>${project.version}</autoValueVersion>
           </systemPropertyVariables>
+          <includes>
+            <include>**/*Test.java</include>
+            <include>**/*IT.java</include>
+          </includes>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
diff --git a/value/src/it/functional/src/test/java/com/google/auto/value/AutoValueJava8Test.java b/value/src/it/functional/src/test/java/com/google/auto/value/AutoValueJava8Test.java
index dcef422af3..100eba5e71 100644
--- a/value/src/it/functional/src/test/java/com/google/auto/value/AutoValueJava8Test.java
+++ b/value/src/it/functional/src/test/java/com/google/auto/value/AutoValueJava8Test.java
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ static NullableProperties create(@Nullable String nullableString, int randomInt)
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void failMiserably() {
+    assertThat(true).isFalse();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testNullablePropertiesCanBeNull() {
     NullableProperties instance = NullableProperties.create(null, 23);