diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 25655bdd..c4fbcc07 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -695,6 +695,7 @@
       <properties>
         <!-- default config values -->
         <docletName>java-docfx-doclet-1.5.0</docletName>
+        <docletPath>${env.KOKORO_GFILE_DIR}/${docletName}.jar</docletPath>
         <outputpath>${project.build.directory}/docfx-yml</outputpath>
         <projectname>${project.artifactId}</projectname>
         <excludeclasses></excludeclasses>
@@ -710,9 +711,7 @@
             <version>3.4.0</version>
             <configuration>
               <doclet>com.microsoft.doclet.DocFxDoclet</doclet>
-              <useStandardDocletOptions>false</useStandardDocletOptions>
-               <!-- custom config with -Dproperty=value -->
-              <docletPath>${env.KOKORO_GFILE_DIR}/${docletName}.jar</docletPath>
+              <useStandardDocletOptions>false</useStandardDocletOptions>              
               <additionalOptions>
                 -outputpath ${outputpath} 
                 -projectname ${projectname}