diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 38d8e97db..9b3382795 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -376,10 +376,6 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <!--suppress UnresolvedMavenProperty -->
-                        <argLine>-Xmx1024M ${argLine}</argLine>
-                    </configuration>
                     <version>3.0.0-M5</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>