diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/integration/CompilerSmokeTestBase.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/integration/CompilerSmokeTestBase.java
index 9c426a4473c..7a4f0bbc998 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/integration/CompilerSmokeTestBase.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/integration/CompilerSmokeTestBase.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ public abstract class CompilerSmokeTestBase extends KotlinIntegrationTestBase {
     protected int runCompiler(String logName, String... arguments) throws Exception {
         Collection<String> javaArgs = new ArrayList<String>();
 
-        javaArgs.add("-Xmx256m");
         javaArgs.add("-cp");
         javaArgs.add(StringsKt.join(Arrays.asList(
                 getCompilerLib().getAbsolutePath() + File.separator + "kotlin-compiler.jar",