diff --git a/java/com/google/testing/builddefs/GenTestRules.bzl b/java/com/google/testing/builddefs/GenTestRules.bzl
index eca28f352..d5576fe86 100644
--- a/java/com/google/testing/builddefs/GenTestRules.bzl
+++ b/java/com/google/testing/builddefs/GenTestRules.bzl
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def GenTestRules(name,
                  flaky_tests=[],
                  tags=[],
                  prefix="",
-                 jvm_flags=["-XX:MaxPermSize=128m"],
+                 jvm_flags=[],
                  args=[],
                  visibility=None,
                  shard_count=1):