diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index fa3072bb48..31ed731133 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,6 +1 @@
 version=4.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
-
-# The following is necessary for running the Gradle daemon on JDK 9, since
-# Gradle's DaemonParameters automatically sets the MaxPermSize JVM argument,
-# which is no longer supported on JDK 9.
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=1024m -Xmx1024m