diff --git a/linkcheck/project.properties b/linkcheck/project.properties
index 4e9f2509..1a852fb4 100644
--- a/linkcheck/project.properties
+++ b/linkcheck/project.properties
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ maven.jar.maven = ${maven.home}/lib/maven.jar
 # Those properties aren't loaded from plugin.properties in JUnit tests
 maven.linkcheck.cache=${maven.build.dir}/linkcheck/linkcheck.cache
 maven.linkcheck.failonerror=false
-maven.linkcheck.exclude=${pom.repository.url}
 maven.linkcheck.proxy.host=${maven.proxy.host}
 maven.linkcheck.proxy.port=${maven.proxy.port}
 maven.linkcheck.proxy.username=${maven.proxy.username}