diff --git a/versions-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/versions-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 89d3ee8b5..a8af5be2a 100644
--- a/versions-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/versions-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@
             <repository.proxy.url>${repository.proxy.url}</repository.proxy.url>
           </filterProperties>
           <mavenOpts>-Xmx256m</mavenOpts>
-          <parallelThreads>1C</parallelThreads>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>