diff --git a/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/DevMojo.java b/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/DevMojo.java
index 8057784520013..b86b86af07408 100644
--- a/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/DevMojo.java
+++ b/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/DevMojo.java
@@ -710,17 +710,6 @@ void prepare(final boolean triggerCompile) throws Exception {
 
             args.add("-Djava.util.logging.manager=org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager");
 
-            //in most cases these are not used, however they need to be present for some
-            //parent-first cases such as logging
-            for (Artifact appDep : project.getArtifacts()) {
-                // only add the artifact if it's present in the dev mode context
-                // we need this to avoid having jars on the classpath multiple times
-                if (!devModeContext.getLocalArtifacts().contains(new AppArtifactKey(appDep.getGroupId(), appDep.getArtifactId(),
-                        appDep.getClassifier(), appDep.getArtifactHandler().getExtension()))) {
-                    addToClassPaths(classPathManifest, appDep.getFile());
-                }
-            }
-
             //now we need to build a temporary jar to actually run
 
             File tempFile = new File(buildDir, project.getArtifactId() + "-dev.jar");