diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
index 75927a3aa8..5df598a588 100644
--- a/project/pom.xml
+++ b/project/pom.xml
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@
     <clojure.version>1.3.0</clojure.version>
     <maven.compile.source>1.7</maven.compile.source>
     <maven.compile.target>1.7</maven.compile.target>
-    <maven.compile.optimize>true</maven.compile.optimize>
     <maven.compile.deprecation>true</maven.compile.deprecation>
     <maven.site.url.base>gitsite:git@github.com/jclouds/jclouds-maven-site.git</maven.site.url.base>
     <http.proxyHost />