diff --git a/tomcat.spec b/tomcat.spec
index 63070c6..fb404e0 100644
--- a/tomcat.spec
+++ b/tomcat.spec
@@ -397,8 +397,6 @@ popd
 %mvn_artifact res/maven/tomcat.pom
 
 %mvn_install
-#remove the jars which %mvn_file installs jars in the %{_javadir}
-%{__rm} ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_javadir}/*.jar
 
 %pre
 # add the tomcat user and group