diff --git a/build/scripts/release-jetty.sh b/build/scripts/release-jetty.sh
index 7b1e34dde03..184630f59b6 100755
--- a/build/scripts/release-jetty.sh
+++ b/build/scripts/release-jetty.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ DEPLOY_OPTS="-DskipTests -Dasciidoctor.skip=false -Dmaven.build.cache.enabled=fa
 # DEPLOY_OPTS="$DEPLOY_OPTS -DaltDeploymentRepository=intarget::default::file://$ALT_DEPLOY_DIR/"
 
 # Uncomment for Java 1.7
-export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx8g -Xms8g -client"
+export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx8g -Xms8g"
 
 echo ""
 echo "-----------------------------------------------"