diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b88c7282..6b1004f7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
                 </executions>
                 <configuration>
                     <skipITs>${it.skip}</skipITs>
-                    <skipTests>true</skipTests>
                     <forkCount>0</forkCount>
                     <forkNode implementation="org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.extensions.SurefireForkNodeFactory"/>
                     <includes>