diff --git a/tasks/native-image-sample/pom.xml b/tasks/native-image-sample/pom.xml
index f8b46d45171..37e1d795a8b 100644
--- a/tasks/native-image-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/tasks/native-image-sample/pom.xml
@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@
               <buildArgs>
                 <buildArg>--no-fallback</buildArg>
                 <buildArg>--no-server</buildArg>
-                <buildArg>--initialize-at-build-time</buildArg>
-                <buildArg>--features=com.google.cloud.nativeimage.features.ProtobufMessageFeature</buildArg>
               </buildArgs>
             </configuration>
             <executions>