diff --git a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-starter/pom.xml b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-starter/pom.xml
index 4fc42856b..67ea68a83 100644
--- a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-starter/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
        <url>http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/struts/struts2/trunk/archetypes/struts2-archetype-starter/</url>
     </scm>
 
+    <properties>
+        <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
+    </properties>
+
   <profiles>
   <profile>
    <id>release</id>