diff --git a/plugin-parent/project.properties b/plugin-parent/project.properties
index 4243ecab..48acb61e 100644
--- a/plugin-parent/project.properties
+++ b/plugin-parent/project.properties
@@ -74,18 +74,15 @@ maven.compile.source=1.3
 # TODO: derive from SCM URL
 maven.scm.svn.tag.base=https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/maven-1/plugins/tags
 
-
 maven.scm.checkout.dir=${maven.build.dir}/scm/checkout
 
 maven.site.stage.address=people.apache.org
 maven.site.stage.directory=/home/brett/public_html/maven-stage-site/${pom.siteDirectory.substring(22)}
 maven.site.deploy.method=rsync
-maven.site.chmod.mode=775
 
 # Use the jpg image for the organization's logo
 maven.pdf.companyLogo=http://maven.apache.org/images/apache-maven-project.jpg
 
-
 # Override versions of dependencies defined in maven core
 # The maven's classloader doesn't allow plugins to use
 # a different version of dependencies loaded by the core.