diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8a2d9756..8a0eab4b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -90,6 +90,6 @@ VOLUME ${NEXUS_DATA}
 EXPOSE 8081
 USER nexus
 
-ENV INSTALL4J_ADD_VM_PARAMS="-Xms2703m -Xmx2703m -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=2703m -Djava.util.prefs.userRoot=${NEXUS_DATA}/javaprefs"
+ENV INSTALL4J_ADD_VM_PARAMS="-Djava.util.prefs.userRoot=${NEXUS_DATA}/javaprefs"
 
 CMD ["/opt/sonatype/nexus/bin/nexus", "run"]
diff --git a/Dockerfile.alpine.java11 b/Dockerfile.alpine.java11
index d6768561..f29f2e02 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.alpine.java11
+++ b/Dockerfile.alpine.java11
@@ -87,6 +87,6 @@ VOLUME ${NEXUS_DATA}
 EXPOSE 8081
 USER nexus
 
-ENV INSTALL4J_ADD_VM_PARAMS="-Xms2703m -Xmx2703m -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=2703m -Djava.util.prefs.userRoot=${NEXUS_DATA}/javaprefs"
+ENV INSTALL4J_ADD_VM_PARAMS="-Djava.util.prefs.userRoot=${NEXUS_DATA}/javaprefs"
 
 CMD ["/opt/sonatype/nexus/bin/nexus", "run"]
diff --git a/Dockerfile.alpine.java17 b/Dockerfile.alpine.java17
index ab6fabfe..2ad87580 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.alpine.java17
+++ b/Dockerfile.alpine.java17
@@ -84,6 +84,6 @@ VOLUME ${NEXUS_DATA}
 EXPOSE 8081
 USER nexus
 
-ENV INSTALL4J_ADD_VM_PARAMS="-Xms2703m -Xmx2703m -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=2703m -Djava.util.prefs.userRoot=${NEXUS_DATA}/javaprefs"
+ENV INSTALL4J_ADD_VM_PARAMS="-Djava.util.prefs.userRoot=${NEXUS_DATA}/javaprefs"
 
 CMD ["/opt/sonatype/nexus/bin/nexus", "run"]
diff --git a/Dockerfile.java11 b/Dockerfile.java11
index 114125cd..a83ab991 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.java11
+++ b/Dockerfile.java11
@@ -86,6 +86,6 @@ VOLUME ${NEXUS_DATA}
 EXPOSE 8081
 USER nexus
 
-ENV INSTALL4J_ADD_VM_PARAMS="-Xms2703m -Xmx2703m -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=2703m -Djava.util.prefs.userRoot=${NEXUS_DATA}/javaprefs"
+ENV INSTALL4J_ADD_VM_PARAMS="-Djava.util.prefs.userRoot=${NEXUS_DATA}/javaprefs"
 
 CMD ["/opt/sonatype/nexus/bin/nexus", "run"]
diff --git a/Dockerfile.java17 b/Dockerfile.java17
index 2afe8e38..85f0fcc0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.java17
+++ b/Dockerfile.java17
@@ -86,6 +86,6 @@ VOLUME ${NEXUS_DATA}
 EXPOSE 8081
 USER nexus
 
-ENV INSTALL4J_ADD_VM_PARAMS="-Xms2703m -Xmx2703m -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=2703m -Djava.util.prefs.userRoot=${NEXUS_DATA}/javaprefs -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8"
+ENV INSTALL4J_ADD_VM_PARAMS="-Djava.util.prefs.userRoot=${NEXUS_DATA}/javaprefs -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8"
 
 CMD ["/opt/sonatype/nexus/bin/nexus", "run"]
diff --git a/Dockerfile.rh.ubi.java17 b/Dockerfile.rh.ubi.java17
index e3c1df3d..729a8446 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.rh.ubi.java17
+++ b/Dockerfile.rh.ubi.java17
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ VOLUME ${NEXUS_DATA}
 EXPOSE 8081
 USER nexus
 
-ENV INSTALL4J_ADD_VM_PARAMS="-Xms2703m -Xmx2703m -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=2703m -Djava.util.prefs.userRoot=${NEXUS_DATA}/javaprefs"
+ENV INSTALL4J_ADD_VM_PARAMS="-Djava.util.prefs.userRoot=${NEXUS_DATA}/javaprefs"
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/uid_entrypoint.sh"]
 CMD ["/opt/sonatype/nexus/bin/nexus", "run"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b78b5e68..23530dd7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ process, which runs as UID 200.
 
 * There is an environment variable that is being used to pass JVM arguments to the startup script
 
-  * `INSTALL4J_ADD_VM_PARAMS`, passed to the Install4J startup script. Defaults to `-Xms2703m -Xmx2703m -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=2703m -Djava.util.prefs.userRoot=${NEXUS_DATA}/javaprefs`.
+  * `INSTALL4J_ADD_VM_PARAMS`, passed to the Install4J startup script. Defaults to `-Djava.util.prefs.userRoot=${NEXUS_DATA}/javaprefs`.
 
   This can be adjusted at runtime: