diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen-maven-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-codegen-maven-example/pom.xml
index 7576dd176a..df5a55a854 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen-maven-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen-maven-example/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@
                                     <deprecated>false</deprecated>
                                     <instanceFields>true</instanceFields>
                                     <pojos>true</pojos>
-                                    <globalObjectReferences>false</globalObjectReferences>
                                 </generate>
                                 <target>
                                     <packageName>org.jooq.maven.example.h2</packageName>