diff --git a/client/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/swarm/SwarmClient.java b/client/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/swarm/SwarmClient.java
index 99d0cffb..c1b82ce8 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/swarm/SwarmClient.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/swarm/SwarmClient.java
@@ -176,8 +176,6 @@ void connect(URL url) throws IOException, RetryException {
             args.add(options.jarCache.getPath());
         }
 
-        args.add("-headless");
-
         /*
          * Swarm does its own retrying internally, so disable the retrying functionality in
          * Remoting.