diff --git a/src/main/java/io/codearte/accurest/maven/GenerateSpecsMojo.java b/src/main/java/io/codearte/accurest/maven/GenerateSpecsMojo.java
index 670b68f619..0634c94508 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/codearte/accurest/maven/GenerateSpecsMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/codearte/accurest/maven/GenerateSpecsMojo.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class GenerateSpecsMojo extends AbstractMojo {
 	@Parameter(property = "basePackageForTests", defaultValue = "io.codearte.accurest.tests")
 	private String basePackageForTests;
 
-	@Parameter(property = "baseClassForTests", required = true)
+	@Parameter(property = "baseClassForTests")
 	private String baseClassForTests;
 
 	public GenerateSpecsMojo() {
diff --git a/src/test/projects/basic-with-execution/pom.xml b/src/test/projects/basic-with-execution/pom.xml
index 8f5f9d6b65..40d5b17c72 100644
--- a/src/test/projects/basic-with-execution/pom.xml
+++ b/src/test/projects/basic-with-execution/pom.xml
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@
 						</goals>
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
-				<configuration>
-					<baseClassForTests>com.ofg.twitter.place.BaseMockMvcSpec</baseClassForTests>
-				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.gmavenplus</groupId>