diff --git a/google-openrefine/templates/refine.ini b/google-openrefine/templates/refine.ini
index ad64aae..d64e04f 100644
--- a/google-openrefine/templates/refine.ini
+++ b/google-openrefine/templates/refine.ini
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ REFINE_MIN_MEMORY={{ openrefine_memory }}
 #JAVA_OPTIONS=-XX:+UseParallelGC -verbose:gc -Drefine.headless=true
 #JAVA_OPTIONS=-Drefine.data_dir=C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\OpenRefine
 JAVA_HOME={{ jdk_java_home }}
-JAVA_OPTIONS="-server -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Xms{{ openrefine_java_heap }}"
+JAVA_OPTIONS="-server -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8"
 
 # Uncomment to increase autosave period to 60 mins (default: 5 minutes) for better performance of long-lasting transformations
 #REFINE_AUTOSAVE_PERIOD=60