diff --git a/contrib/wordnet/src/java/org/apache/lucene/wordnet/Syns2Index.java b/contrib/wordnet/src/java/org/apache/lucene/wordnet/Syns2Index.java
index a3a5f936ee8..dc6dc145fa7 100644
--- a/contrib/wordnet/src/java/org/apache/lucene/wordnet/Syns2Index.java
+++ b/contrib/wordnet/src/java/org/apache/lucene/wordnet/Syns2Index.java
@@ -244,9 +244,6 @@ public class Syns2Index
         // override the specific index if it already exists
         IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(indexDir, ana, true, IndexWriter.MaxFieldLength.LIMITED);
         writer.setUseCompoundFile(true); // why?
-		// blindly up these parameters for speed
-		writer.setMergeFactor( writer.getMergeFactor() * 2);
-		writer.setMaxBufferedDocs( writer.getMaxBufferedDocs() * 2);
         Iterator i1 = word2Nums.keySet().iterator();
         while (i1.hasNext()) // for each word
         {