diff --git a/javatests/google/registry/flows/BUILD b/javatests/google/registry/flows/BUILD
index befe33c03..7f9fca041 100644
--- a/javatests/google/registry/flows/BUILD
+++ b/javatests/google/registry/flows/BUILD
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ java_library(
 GenTestRules(
     name = "GeneratedTestRules",
     default_test_size = "medium",
-    jvm_flags = ["-XX:MaxPermSize=256m"],
     shard_count = 4,
     test_files = glob([
         "*Test.java",
diff --git a/javatests/google/registry/mapreduce/inputs/BUILD b/javatests/google/registry/mapreduce/inputs/BUILD
index ffa04e340..326a516ad 100644
--- a/javatests/google/registry/mapreduce/inputs/BUILD
+++ b/javatests/google/registry/mapreduce/inputs/BUILD
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ java_library(
 GenTestRules(
     name = "GeneratedTestRules",
     default_test_size = "medium",
-    jvm_flags = ["-XX:MaxPermSize=256m"],
     test_files = glob(["*Test.java"]),
     deps = [":inputs"],
 )