diff --git a/tomcat-multiple-instances/defaults/main.yml b/tomcat-multiple-instances/defaults/main.yml
index 095451a3..3c4f8149 100644
--- a/tomcat-multiple-instances/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/tomcat-multiple-instances/defaults/main.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ tomcat_m_restart_timeout: 300
 # -server -Djava.awt.headless=true are always used. No need to specify them
 tomcat_m_java_opts_heap: "-Xms{{ tomcat_m_min_heap_size }} -Xmx{{ tomcat_m_heap_size }}"
 tomcat_m_java_opts_permgen: "-XX:MaxPermSize={{ tomcat_m_permgen_size }}"
-tomcat_m_java_opts: "{{ tomcat_m_java_opts_heap }} {{ tomcat_m_java_opts_permgen }}"
+tomcat_m_java_opts: "{{ tomcat_m_java_opts_permgen }}"
 tomcat_m_java_gc_opts: "-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC"
 # Use "-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC" to enable the CMS garbage collector (improved
 # response time). If you use that option and you run Tomcat on a machine with