diff --git standalone-metastore/metastore-server/pom.xml standalone-metastore/metastore-server/pom.xml
index 02446415ad..1f95d1d129 100644
--- standalone-metastore/metastore-server/pom.xml
+++ standalone-metastore/metastore-server/pom.xml
@@ -620,16 +620,13 @@
prepare-package
- exec
+ java
- java
+ org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.conf.ConfTemplatePrinter
- -classpath
-
- org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.conf.ConfTemplatePrinter
${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/conf/metastore-site.xml.template