diff --git a/gax/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.google.api/gax/native-image.properties b/gax/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.google.api/gax/native-image.properties
index c1ceae5b4..ef5493f67 100644
--- a/gax/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.google.api/gax/native-image.properties
+++ b/gax/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.google.api/gax/native-image.properties
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-Args = --allow-incomplete-classpath \
---enable-url-protocols=https,http \
+Args = --enable-url-protocols=https,http \
 --initialize-at-build-time=org.conscrypt,\
   org.slf4j.LoggerFactory,\
   org.junit.platform.engine.TestTag \
 --initialize-at-run-time=com.google.api.client.googleapis.services.AbstractGoogleClientRequest$ApiClientVersion \
   --features=com.google.api.gax.nativeimage.OpenCensusFeature,\
-  com.google.api.gax.nativeimage.GoogleJsonClientFeature
\ No newline at end of file
+  com.google.api.gax.nativeimage.GoogleJsonClientFeature