diff --git a/build-caching-maven-samples/avro-project/pom.xml b/build-caching-maven-samples/avro-project/pom.xml
index 745a87a5b2..6f4ed17074 100644
--- a/build-caching-maven-samples/avro-project/pom.xml
+++ b/build-caching-maven-samples/avro-project/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@
                       </fileSet>
                     </fileSets>
                     <properties>
-                      <property><name>createNullSafeAnnotations</name></property>
                       <property><name>createOptionalGetters</name></property>
                       <property><name>createSetters</name></property>
                       <property><name>customConversions</name></property>