diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/database/SQLDatabaseManager.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/database/SQLDatabaseManager.java
index b0eeff586..663577583 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/database/SQLDatabaseManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/database/SQLDatabaseManager.java
@@ -618,7 +618,6 @@ public final class SQLDatabaseManager implements DatabaseManager {
             connectionProperties.put("user", Config.getInstance().getMySQLUserName());
             connectionProperties.put("password", Config.getInstance().getMySQLUserPassword());
             connectionProperties.put("autoReconnect", "false");
-            connectionProperties.put("maxReconnects", "0");
             connection = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionString, connectionProperties);
 
             mcMMO.p.getLogger().info("Connection to MySQL was a success!");