diff --git a/nifi-registry/nifi-registry-core/nifi-registry-web-api/pom.xml b/nifi-registry/nifi-registry-core/nifi-registry-web-api/pom.xml
index 9a1bf653b3..cce8776de0 100644
--- a/nifi-registry/nifi-registry-core/nifi-registry-web-api/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi-registry/nifi-registry-core/nifi-registry-web-api/pom.xml
@@ -147,70 +147,6 @@
                 </dependency>
             </dependencies>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.googlecode.maven-download-plugin</groupId>
-                <artifactId>download-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7.1</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>download-swagger-ui</id>
-                        <!-- This plugin downloads swagger UI static assets during the build, to be
-                             served by the web app to render the dynamically generated Swagger spec.
-                             For offline development, or to build without the swagger UI, activate
-                             the "no-swagger-ui" maven profile during the build with the "-P" flag -->
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>wget</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <url>https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/archive/v${swagger.ui.version}.tar.gz</url>
-                            <unpack>true</unpack>
-                            <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>bundle-swagger-ui</id>
-                        <phase>prepare-package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>run</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <target>
-                                <sequential>
-                                    <echo>Copy static Swagger UI files to target</echo>
-                                    <copy todir="${project.build.directory}/classes/static/swagger">
-                                        <fileset dir="${project.build.directory}/swagger-ui-${swagger.ui.version}/dist">
-                                            <include name="**" />
-                                        </fileset>
-                                    </copy>
-                                    <echo>Disable schema validation by removing validatorUrl</echo>
-                                    <replace token="https://online.swagger.io/validator" value="" dir="${project.build.directory}/classes/static/swagger">
-                                        <include name="swagger-ui-bundle.js" />
-                                        <include name="swagger-ui-standalone-preset.js" />
-                                    </replace>
-                                    <echo>Rename 'index.html' to 'ui.html'</echo>
-                                    <move file="${project.build.directory}/classes/static/swagger/index.html" tofile="${project.build.directory}/classes/static/swagger/ui.html" />
-                                    <echo>Replace default swagger.json location</echo>
-                                    <replace token="http://petstore.swagger.io/v2/swagger.json" value="/nifi-registry-api/swagger/swagger.json" dir="${project.build.directory}/classes/static/swagger">
-                                        <include name="ui.html" />
-                                    </replace>
-                                    <echo>Copy swagger.json into static assets folder</echo>
-                                    <copy todir="${project.build.directory}/classes/static/swagger">
-                                        <fileset dir="${project.build.directory}/swagger">
-                                            <include name="*.json" />
-                                        </fileset>
-                                    </copy>
-                                </sequential>
-                            </target>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
                 <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -223,6 +159,84 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>include-swagger-ui</id>
+            <activation>
+                <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+            </activation>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>com.googlecode.maven-download-plugin</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>download-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.7.1</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>download-swagger-ui</id>
+                                <!-- This plugin downloads swagger UI static assets during the build, to be
+                                     served by the web app to render the dynamically generated Swagger spec.
+                                     For offline development, or to build without the swagger UI, deactivate
+                                     the "include-swagger-ui" maven profile during the build with the following
+                                     profile option: -P'!include-swagger-ui' -->
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>wget</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <url>https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/archive/v${swagger.ui.version}.tar.gz</url>
+                                    <unpack>true</unpack>
+                                    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>bundle-swagger-ui</id>
+                                <phase>prepare-package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>run</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <target>
+                                        <sequential>
+                                            <echo>Copy static Swagger UI files to target</echo>
+                                            <copy todir="${project.build.directory}/classes/static/swagger">
+                                                <fileset dir="${project.build.directory}/swagger-ui-${swagger.ui.version}/dist">
+                                                    <include name="**" />
+                                                </fileset>
+                                            </copy>
+                                            <echo>Disable schema validation by removing validatorUrl</echo>
+                                            <replace token="https://online.swagger.io/validator" value="" dir="${project.build.directory}/classes/static/swagger">
+                                                <include name="swagger-ui-bundle.js" />
+                                                <include name="swagger-ui-standalone-preset.js" />
+                                            </replace>
+                                            <echo>Rename 'index.html' to 'ui.html'</echo>
+                                            <move file="${project.build.directory}/classes/static/swagger/index.html" tofile="${project.build.directory}/classes/static/swagger/ui.html" />
+                                            <echo>Replace default swagger.json location</echo>
+                                            <replace token="http://petstore.swagger.io/v2/swagger.json" value="/nifi-registry-api/swagger/swagger.json" dir="${project.build.directory}/classes/static/swagger">
+                                                <include name="ui.html" />
+                                            </replace>
+                                            <echo>Copy swagger.json into static assets folder</echo>
+                                            <copy todir="${project.build.directory}/classes/static/swagger">
+                                                <fileset dir="${project.build.directory}/swagger">
+                                                    <include name="*.json" />
+                                                </fileset>
+                                            </copy>
+                                        </sequential>
+                                    </target>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>