diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.ide.jdt.test/pom.xml b/com.ibm.wala.ide.jdt.test/pom.xml
index 63973985e..37e56b2d3 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.ide.jdt.test/pom.xml
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.ide.jdt.test/pom.xml
@@ -25,31 +25,20 @@
      <tycho.test.jvmArgs>-XstartOnFirstThread</tycho.test.jvmArgs>
     </properties>
    </profile>
+   <profile>
+    <id>linux</id>
+    <activation>
+      <os> 
+        <family>unix</family> 
+        <name>Linux</name>
+      </os>
+    </activation>
+    <properties>
+     <tycho.test.jvmArgs>-Xmx800M</tycho.test.jvmArgs>
+    </properties>
+   </profile>
   </profiles>
 
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>test</id>
-            <phase>test</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <testClassesDirectory>${project.build.outputDirectory}</testClassesDirectory>
-              <argLine>-Xmx1000M -ea</argLine>
-              <redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
-            </configuration>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>test</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>