diff --git a/scripts/common b/scripts/common
index 77da64d83542..ab7a9ff6d844 100755
--- a/scripts/common
+++ b/scripts/common
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ update() {
 }
 
 export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
-
+unset _JAVA_OPTIONS
 sbtArgs="-Ddotty.jenkins.build=yes -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -ivy $baseDir/ivy2 -Dsbt.global.base=$HOME/.sbt/0.13 -sbt-dir $HOME/.sbt/0.13"