diff --git a/jetty-client/pom.xml b/jetty-client/pom.xml
index fa002b13f6f..b1c935b2f6f 100644
--- a/jetty-client/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-client/pom.xml
@@ -9,17 +9,22 @@
   <artifactId>jetty-client</artifactId>
   <name>Jetty :: Asynchronous HTTP Client</name>
   <url>http://www.eclipse.org/jetty</url>
+
   <properties>
     <bundle-symbolic-name>${project.groupId}.client</bundle-symbolic-name>
     <jetty.test.policy.loc>target/test-policy</jetty.test.policy.loc>
   </properties>
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <argLine>
-            @{argLine} ${jetty.surefire.argLine} --add-reads org.eclipse.jetty.client=jetty.servlet.api --add-modules java.security.jgss --add-modules jetty.servlet.api --add-modules org.eclipse.jetty.jmx --add-modules org.slf4j
+            @{argLine} ${jetty.surefire.argLine}
+            --add-modules java.security.jgss
+            --add-modules org.eclipse.jetty.jmx
+            --add-modules org.slf4j
           </argLine>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/jetty-http2/http2-client/pom.xml b/jetty-http2/http2-client/pom.xml
index e7753a1fc70..06b47b0943a 100644
--- a/jetty-http2/http2-client/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-http2/http2-client/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <argLine>
-            @{argLine} ${jetty.surefire.argLine} --add-reads org.eclipse.jetty.http2.client=jetty.servlet.api,org.eclipse.jetty.http2.hpack --add-modules jetty.servlet.api
+            @{argLine} ${jetty.surefire.argLine}
+            --add-reads org.eclipse.jetty.http2.client=org.eclipse.jetty.http2.hpack
           </argLine>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/pom.xml b/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/pom.xml
index da589baa10d..49a7e917d53 100644
--- a/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/pom.xml
@@ -14,19 +14,6 @@
     <bundle-symbolic-name>${project.groupId}.client.http</bundle-symbolic-name>
   </properties>
 
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <argLine>
-            @{argLine} ${jetty.surefire.argLine} --add-reads org.eclipse.jetty.http2.http.client.transport=jetty.servlet.api --add-modules jetty.servlet.api
-          </argLine>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
diff --git a/jetty-unixsocket/jetty-unixsocket-client/pom.xml b/jetty-unixsocket/jetty-unixsocket-client/pom.xml
index 3210faf13e0..fc66c9e5dcc 100644
--- a/jetty-unixsocket/jetty-unixsocket-client/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-unixsocket/jetty-unixsocket-client/pom.xml
@@ -14,21 +14,6 @@
     <bundle-symbolic-name>${project.groupId}.unixsocket.client</bundle-symbolic-name>
   </properties>
 
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <argLine>
-            @{argLine} ${jetty.surefire.argLine}
-            --add-modules jetty.servlet.api
-            --add-reads org.eclipse.jetty.unixsocket.client=jetty.servlet.api
-          </argLine>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>