diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d32a7dddfb9f0f713446c78dda37446029200bdf..189fdb917fcc6ea055496a6bf9cd068a9ebd7f93 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -75,19 +75,6 @@
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
 
-
-
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.17</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<includes>
-						<include>**/*Test*.java</include>
-					</includes>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-
 			<!-- we want JDK 1.6 source and binary compatibility -->
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>