diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 628bea79..cce8a599 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -831,7 +831,6 @@
               <buildArgs>
                 <buildArg>--no-fallback</buildArg>
                 <buildArg>--no-server</buildArg>
-                <buildArg>--features=com.google.cloud.nativeimage.features.ProtobufMessageFeature</buildArg>
               </buildArgs>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>