diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2baa8f3f4..a0a063732 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -98,14 +98,6 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
 			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-			        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-			        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-<!-- 			        <version>3.0.0-M5</version> -->
-		        <configuration>
-		          <skipTests>true</skipTests>
-		        </configuration>
-		      </plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 	<reporting>