diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index b65231028..4069de224 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -21,4 +21,3 @@
 # The daemon is more pain than gain, because the Tomcat in the Gradle process does not shut down cleanly.
 # TODO remove this after https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FINERACT-764
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4g
-org.gradle.daemon=false