diff --git a/paper-api/pom.xml b/paper-api/pom.xml
index c9c708cc1e..a528e6e270 100644
--- a/paper-api/pom.xml
+++ b/paper-api/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     <description>A plugin API for Minecraft servers.</description>
 
     <properties>
+        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -145,6 +146,9 @@
     <profiles>
         <profile>
             <id>development</id>
+            <properties>
+                <skipTests>false</skipTests>
+            </properties>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
                     <plugin>