diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-elastic-test-utilities/pom.xml b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-elastic-test-utilities/pom.xml
index 4b8e9e95478..ed7fda1b428 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-elastic-test-utilities/pom.xml
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-elastic-test-utilities/pom.xml
@@ -268,7 +268,6 @@
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 						<configuration>
-							<forkCount>1</forkCount>
 							<excludes>
 								<exclude>**/stresstest/*</exclude>
 							</excludes>
@@ -285,7 +284,6 @@
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 						<configuration>
-							<forkCount>1</forkCount>
 							<runOrder>alphabetical</runOrder>
 						</configuration>
 					</plugin>
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-dstu2/pom.xml b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-dstu2/pom.xml
index 591fcf91679..63660db6b2a 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-dstu2/pom.xml
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-dstu2/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 						<configuration>
-							<forkCount>1</forkCount>
 							<excludes>
 								<exclude>**/stresstest/*</exclude>
 							</excludes>
@@ -108,7 +107,6 @@
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 						<configuration>
-							<forkCount>1</forkCount>
 							<runOrder>alphabetical</runOrder>
 						</configuration>
 					</plugin>
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-dstu3/pom.xml b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-dstu3/pom.xml
index d27ce9e9119..5281af2256e 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-dstu3/pom.xml
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-dstu3/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 						<configuration>
-							<forkCount>1</forkCount>
 							<excludes>
 								<exclude>**/stresstest/*</exclude>
 							</excludes>
@@ -108,7 +107,6 @@
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 						<configuration>
-							<forkCount>1</forkCount>
 							<runOrder>alphabetical</runOrder>
 						</configuration>
 					</plugin>
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-r4/pom.xml b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-r4/pom.xml
index d00f42ee7e9..516b397e319 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-r4/pom.xml
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-r4/pom.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 						<configuration>
-							<forkCount>1</forkCount>
 							<excludes>
 								<exclude>**/stresstest/*</exclude>
 							</excludes>
@@ -127,7 +126,6 @@
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 						<configuration>
-							<forkCount>1</forkCount>
 							<runOrder>alphabetical</runOrder>
 						</configuration>
 					</plugin>
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-r4b/pom.xml b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-r4b/pom.xml
index 79479c0319a..a69b0bfd5f6 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-r4b/pom.xml
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-r4b/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 						<configuration>
-							<forkCount>1</forkCount>
 							<excludes>
 								<exclude>**/stresstest/*</exclude>
 							</excludes>
@@ -109,7 +108,6 @@
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 						<configuration>
-							<forkCount>1</forkCount>
 							<runOrder>alphabetical</runOrder>
 						</configuration>
 					</plugin>
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-r5/pom.xml b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-r5/pom.xml
index fa6506d7de5..8cdd7e7488a 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-r5/pom.xml
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-r5/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 						<configuration>
-							<forkCount>1</forkCount>
 							<excludes>
 								<exclude>**/stresstest/*</exclude>
 							</excludes>
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 						<configuration>
-							<forkCount>1</forkCount>
 							<runOrder>alphabetical</runOrder>
 						</configuration>
 					</plugin>
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-utilities/pom.xml b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-utilities/pom.xml
index ff5c802f398..abfe183fa64 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-utilities/pom.xml
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-test-utilities/pom.xml
@@ -307,7 +307,6 @@
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 						<configuration>
-							<forkCount>1</forkCount>
 							<excludes>
 								<exclude>**/stresstest/*</exclude>
 							</excludes>
@@ -324,7 +323,6 @@
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 						<configuration>
-							<forkCount>1</forkCount>
 							<runOrder>alphabetical</runOrder>
 						</configuration>
 					</plugin>
diff --git a/osgi/hapi-fhir-karaf-integration-tests/pom.xml b/osgi/hapi-fhir-karaf-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 678d9df15d7..c9dd94e88a3 100644
--- a/osgi/hapi-fhir-karaf-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/osgi/hapi-fhir-karaf-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -201,7 +201,6 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 				<configuration>
-					<forkCount>1</forkCount>
 					<reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
 					<systemPropertyVariables>
 						<karaf.version>${apache_karaf_version}</karaf.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5d40a431af6..07a398a6538 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2286,7 +2286,6 @@
 						<redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
 						<runOrder>random</runOrder>
 						<argLine>@{argLine} ${surefire_jvm_args}</argLine>
-						<forkCount>1.0C</forkCount>
 						<trimStackTrace>true</trimStackTrace>
 					</configuration>
 				</plugin>
@@ -2912,9 +2911,6 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-						<configuration>
-							<forkCount>1</forkCount>
-						</configuration>
 					</plugin>
 				</plugins>
 			</build>
@@ -2926,9 +2922,6 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-						<configuration>
-							<forkCount>2</forkCount>
-						</configuration>
 					</plugin>
 				</plugins>
 			</build>