diff --git a/lib/config/GradlePropertiesParser.js b/lib/config/GradlePropertiesParser.js
index 2c8aaa8d88..9189a91b4b 100644
--- a/lib/config/GradlePropertiesParser.js
+++ b/lib/config/GradlePropertiesParser.js
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ class GradlePropertiesParser {
     */
     constructor (platformDir) {
         this._defaults = {
-            // 10 seconds -> 6 seconds
-            'org.gradle.daemon': 'true',
-
             // to allow dex in process
             'org.gradle.jvmargs': '-Xmx2048m',