diff --git a/nifi/pom.xml b/nifi/pom.xml
index 765ef1bdd7..499ffd62e5 100644
--- a/nifi/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi/pom.xml
@@ -842,9 +842,6 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>2.5.2</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <tarLongFileMode>gnu</tarLongFileMode>
-                    </configuration>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>