diff --git a/maven-surefire-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojo.java b/maven-surefire-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojo.java
index 18cfa72bde..3fab9f0405 100644
--- a/maven-surefire-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojo.java
+++ b/maven-surefire-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojo.java
@@ -1222,7 +1222,6 @@ private SurefireProperties setupProperties()
                                                              getUserProperties(), sysProps );
 
         result.setProperty( "basedir", getBasedir().getAbsolutePath() );
-        result.setProperty( "user.dir", getWorkingDirectory().getAbsolutePath() );
         result.setProperty( "localRepository", getLocalRepository().getBasedir() );
         if ( isForking() )
         {