diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 7342acf94..60c4a518e 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -12,6 +12,3 @@ hibernate.version=5.2.11.Final
 lucene.version=7.2.1
 
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4g -XX:-UseGCOverheadLimit
-
-# this should be set in your own global gradle.properties file
-webdriver.gecko.driver=