diff --git a/mica-dist/src/main/deb/default/mica2 b/mica-dist/src/main/deb/default/mica2
index 528195dc32..26716482e8 100644
--- a/mica-dist/src/main/deb/default/mica2
+++ b/mica-dist/src/main/deb/default/mica2
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ MICA_LOG=/var/log/mica2
 MICA_ARGS=""
 
 # arguments to pass to java
-JAVA_ARGS="-Xms2G -Xmx2G -XX:MaxPermSize=256M"
+JAVA_ARGS="-Xms2G -Xmx2G"
diff --git a/mica-dist/src/main/rpm/mica2.default b/mica-dist/src/main/rpm/mica2.default
index 528195dc32..920441d452 100644
--- a/mica-dist/src/main/rpm/mica2.default
+++ b/mica-dist/src/main/rpm/mica2.default
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ MICA_LOG=/var/log/mica2
 MICA_ARGS=""
 
 # arguments to pass to java
-JAVA_ARGS="-Xms2G -Xmx2G -XX:MaxPermSize=256M"
+JAVA_ARGS="-Xms2G -Xmx2G