diff --git a/hosts/jenkins/etc/default/jenkins b/hosts/jenkins/etc/default/jenkins
index 862614586079947c36c4ebdbddfcdcdcbb09e431..26f7229588d6e7cedf22b005d6a0b7a17ed784de 100644
--- a/hosts/jenkins/etc/default/jenkins
+++ b/hosts/jenkins/etc/default/jenkins
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ JAVA_ARGS="$JAVA_ARGS -XX:+PrintGCCause -XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution -XX:+Prin
 JAVA_ARGS="$JAVA_ARGS -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+ExplicitGCInvokesConcurrent -XX:+ParallelRefProcEnabled -XX:+UseStringDeduplication"
 JAVA_ARGS="$JAVA_ARGS -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:G1NewSizePercent=10 -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:G1SummarizeRSetStatsPeriod=1"
 # h01ger trying stuff
-JAVA_ARGS="$JAVA_ARGS -XX:+UseCompressedOops -XX:+UseCompressedClassPointers"
 export MALLOC_ARENA_MAX=2
 
 # make jenkins listen on IPv4 address