diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/pom.xml
index 395fb9a67..95ae17f49 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/pom.xml
@@ -124,12 +124,8 @@
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.2</version>
         <configuration>
           <argLine>-Xmx256m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8</argLine>
-          <includes>
-            <include>**/*Test.java</include>
-          </includes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b05aaa959..b6717684c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -207,6 +207,12 @@
           <version>2.7</version>
         </plugin>
 
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.4.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>