diff --git a/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/BuildMojo.java b/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/BuildMojo.java
index 04ff42b5acbf8..ef9302e534ea4 100644
--- a/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/BuildMojo.java
+++ b/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/BuildMojo.java
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ protected boolean beforeExecute() throws MojoExecutionException {
     @Override
     protected void doExecute() throws MojoExecutionException {
 
-        boolean clear = false;
         try {
             try (CuratedApplication curatedApplication = bootstrapApplication()) {
 
@@ -110,10 +109,6 @@ protected void doExecute() throws MojoExecutionException {
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new MojoExecutionException("Failed to build quarkus application", e);
-        } finally {
-            if (clear) {
-                System.clearProperty(QUARKUS_PACKAGE_UBER_JAR);
-            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/QuarkusBootstrapMojo.java b/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/QuarkusBootstrapMojo.java
index bf6d0ed94b8f9..031a190bb73f9 100644
--- a/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/QuarkusBootstrapMojo.java
+++ b/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/QuarkusBootstrapMojo.java
@@ -76,21 +76,13 @@ public abstract class QuarkusBootstrapMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     private String[] ignoredEntries;
 
     private AppArtifactKey projectId;
-    private boolean clearUberJarProp;
 
     @Override
     public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
         if (!beforeExecute()) {
             return;
         }
-        try {
-            doExecute();
-        } finally {
-            if (clearUberJarProp) {
-                System.clearProperty(BuildMojo.QUARKUS_PACKAGE_UBER_JAR);
-                clearUberJarProp = false;
-            }
-        }
+        doExecute();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -99,10 +91,6 @@ public void setLog(Log log) {
         MojoLogger.delegate = log;
     }
 
-    protected void clearUberJarProp() {
-        this.clearUberJarProp = true;
-    }
-
     /**
      * This callback allows to evaluate whether this mojo should be executed, skipped or fail.
      *
diff --git a/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/QuarkusBootstrapProvider.java b/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/QuarkusBootstrapProvider.java
index ce99a24d91f10..c479752bbbf39 100644
--- a/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/QuarkusBootstrapProvider.java
+++ b/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/QuarkusBootstrapProvider.java
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ protected QuarkusBootstrap bootstrapQuarkus(QuarkusBootstrapMojo mojo) throws Mo
             }
             if (mojo.uberJar() && System.getProperty(BuildMojo.QUARKUS_PACKAGE_UBER_JAR) == null) {
                 System.setProperty(BuildMojo.QUARKUS_PACKAGE_UBER_JAR, "true");
-                mojo.clearUberJarProp();
             }
             effectiveProperties.putIfAbsent("quarkus.application.name", mojo.mavenProject().getArtifactId());
             effectiveProperties.putIfAbsent("quarkus.application.version", mojo.mavenProject().getVersion());
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/PackageIT.java b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/PackageIT.java
index 5755ab3d22a43..3e9e52a7679e4 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/PackageIT.java
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/PackageIT.java
@@ -34,6 +34,18 @@ public class PackageIT extends MojoTestBase {
     private RunningInvoker running;
     private File testDir;
 
+    @Test
+    public void testUberJarMavenPluginConfiguration()
+            throws MavenInvocationException, IOException, InterruptedException {
+        testDir = initProject("projects/uberjar-maven-plugin-config");
+        running = new RunningInvoker(testDir, false);
+        final MavenProcessInvocationResult result = running.execute(Collections.singletonList("package"),
+                Collections.emptyMap());
+        assertThat(result.getProcess().waitFor()).isEqualTo(0);
+
+        verifyUberJar();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testPackageWorksWhenUberjarIsFalse()
             throws MavenInvocationException, IOException, InterruptedException {
@@ -126,6 +138,10 @@ private void createAndVerifyUberJar() throws IOException, MavenInvocationExcepti
                 Collections.emptyMap(), p);
         assertThat(result.getProcess().waitFor()).isEqualTo(0);
 
+        verifyUberJar();
+    }
+
+    private void verifyUberJar() throws IOException {
         final File targetDir = getTargetDir();
         List<File> jars = getFilesEndingWith(targetDir, ".jar");
         assertThat(jars).hasSize(1);
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/projects/uberjar-maven-plugin-config/pom.xml b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/projects/uberjar-maven-plugin-config/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4730ebcc7796c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/projects/uberjar-maven-plugin-config/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.acme</groupId>
+  <artifactId>acme</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <properties>
+    <quarkus.platform.group-id>io.quarkus</quarkus.platform.group-id>
+    <quarkus.platform.artifact-id>quarkus-bom</quarkus.platform.artifact-id>
+    <quarkus.platform.version>@project.version@</quarkus.platform.version>
+    <quarkus-plugin.version>@project.version@</quarkus-plugin.version>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+  </properties>
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>${quarkus.platform.group-id}</groupId>
+        <artifactId>${quarkus.platform.artifact-id}</artifactId>
+        <version>${quarkus.platform.version}</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-resteasy</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-arc</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-junit5</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
+      <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>quarkus-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${quarkus-plugin.version}</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>generate-code</goal>
+              <goal>generate-code-tests</goal>
+              <goal>build</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <uberJar>true</uberJar>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>native</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>${quarkus-plugin.version}</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>native-image</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <enableHttpUrlHandler>true</enableHttpUrlHandler>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/projects/uberjar-maven-plugin-config/src/main/java/org/acme/HelloResource.java b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/projects/uberjar-maven-plugin-config/src/main/java/org/acme/HelloResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e05e3fc81410a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/projects/uberjar-maven-plugin-config/src/main/java/org/acme/HelloResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package org.acme;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+@Path("/hello")
+public class HelloResource {
+
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
+    public String hello() {
+        return "hello";
+    }
+}