diff --git a/pki-servlet-container.spec b/pki-servlet-container.spec
index 33501c7..8570b59 100644
--- a/pki-servlet-container.spec
+++ b/pki-servlet-container.spec
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ export OPT_JAR_LIST="xalan-j2-serializer"
       -Dno.build.dbcp=true \
       -Dversion="%{version}" \
       -Dversion.build="%{micro_version}" \
-      -Dexecute.validate=false \
       deploy dist-prepare dist-source
 
     # remove some jars that we'll replace with symlinks later