diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index a0a5fee34bb..e92262c3870 100755
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@
 	</modules>
 	
 	<properties>
-      		<gwt.version>2.6.1</gwt.version>
 		<tycho-version>0.21.0</tycho-version>
        		<gwt.version>2.6.1</gwt.version> 
 		<!--