diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 50e157cb72f8c9a1147c82674c5098353cb84dbe..338b09cc95e2141301e2b016f330f0abca1daf3e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ build:
     - export DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
     - apt-get update
     - apt-get install --assume-yes maven
-    - export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=192m"
     - mvn --version
   script:
     - ./gradlew createPoms