From fdcb8d0c259f4d84f6b71df0907a7e98a7bc341a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lawrence Qiu <lawrenceqiu@google.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:20:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/8] build: skip maven-shade-plugin execution in quick-build
 profile

Heavy shading in gapic-generator-java and spanner-jdbc unpacks and repackages hundreds of megabytes of classes, taking >15 minutes in CI.

Configure 'skipShade' property in parent POMs and gapic-generator-java to skip shading during quick-build reactor installations.
---
 google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml                           | 2 ++
 java-spanner-jdbc/pom.xml                                 | 1 +
 sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml | 2 ++
 sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml            | 1 +
 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml b/google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml
index f5016a5dc0c1..eef807f165eb 100644
--- a/google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   <properties>
     <skipUnitTests>false</skipUnitTests>
     <checkstyle.header.file>java.header</checkstyle.header.file>
+    <skipShade>false</skipShade>
   </properties>
 
   <developers>
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@
         <fmt.skip>true</fmt.skip>
         <flatten.skip>true</flatten.skip>
         <mdep.analyze.skip>true</mdep.analyze.skip>
+        <skipShade>true</skipShade>
       </properties>
     </profile>
     <profile>
diff --git a/java-spanner-jdbc/pom.xml b/java-spanner-jdbc/pom.xml
index e5ef2d1a4a46..dbc69ee51a32 100644
--- a/java-spanner-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/java-spanner-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@
               <goal>shade</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
+              <skip>${skipShade}</skip>
               <createSourcesJar>true</createSourcesJar>
               <shadeSourcesContent>true</shadeSourcesContent>
               <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml
index 304f7e258e4f..1cecf97432e0 100644
--- a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     <!--  skipping clirr check for protobuf 4.x upgrade -->
     <clirr.skip>true</clirr.skip>
     <ignoreNonCompile>true</ignoreNonCompile><!-- maven-dependency-plugin:analyze to skip test scope dependencies -->
+    <skipShade>false</skipShade>
   </properties>
 
   <developers>
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@
         <fmt.skip>true</fmt.skip>
         <flatten.skip>true</flatten.skip>
         <mdep.analyze.skip>true</mdep.analyze.skip>
+        <skipShade>true</skipShade>
       </properties>
     </profile>
 
diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml
index 91a851fb9f9f..0f7214a547e4 100644
--- a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@
               <goal>shade</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
+              <skip>${skipShade}</skip>
               <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
               <filters>
                 <filter>

From 1eed6a3ec215c27c82b78443635b96773b606aad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lawrence Qiu <lawrenceqiu@google.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:23:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/8] build: standardize on shade.skip property for quick-build
 profile

Use shade.skip to match Maven Shade Plugin's native user property and standard codebase conventions (checkstyle.skip, enforcer.skip, fmt.skip, etc.).
---
 google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml                           | 4 ++--
 java-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml                                | 2 +-
 java-spanner-jdbc/pom.xml                                 | 2 +-
 sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml | 4 ++--
 sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml            | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml b/google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml
index eef807f165eb..657b12bd98c1 100644
--- a/google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <properties>
     <skipUnitTests>false</skipUnitTests>
     <checkstyle.header.file>java.header</checkstyle.header.file>
-    <skipShade>false</skipShade>
+    <shade.skip>false</shade.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <developers>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
         <fmt.skip>true</fmt.skip>
         <flatten.skip>true</flatten.skip>
         <mdep.analyze.skip>true</mdep.analyze.skip>
-        <skipShade>true</skipShade>
+        <shade.skip>true</shade.skip>
       </properties>
     </profile>
     <profile>
diff --git a/java-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml b/java-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml
index 24bd9b89eec9..775c742b377d 100644
--- a/java-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/java-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
                   <goal>shade</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
-                  <skip>${skipShade}</skip>
+                  <skip>${shade.skip}</skip>
                   <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
                   <createSourcesJar>true</createSourcesJar>
                   <shadeSourcesContent>true</shadeSourcesContent>
diff --git a/java-spanner-jdbc/pom.xml b/java-spanner-jdbc/pom.xml
index dbc69ee51a32..d6143b4895dc 100644
--- a/java-spanner-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/java-spanner-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
               <goal>shade</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <skip>${skipShade}</skip>
+              <skip>${shade.skip}</skip>
               <createSourcesJar>true</createSourcesJar>
               <shadeSourcesContent>true</shadeSourcesContent>
               <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml
index 1cecf97432e0..5cc2286cc7d3 100644
--- a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <!--  skipping clirr check for protobuf 4.x upgrade -->
     <clirr.skip>true</clirr.skip>
     <ignoreNonCompile>true</ignoreNonCompile><!-- maven-dependency-plugin:analyze to skip test scope dependencies -->
-    <skipShade>false</skipShade>
+    <shade.skip>false</shade.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <developers>
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         <fmt.skip>true</fmt.skip>
         <flatten.skip>true</flatten.skip>
         <mdep.analyze.skip>true</mdep.analyze.skip>
-        <skipShade>true</skipShade>
+        <shade.skip>true</shade.skip>
       </properties>
     </profile>
 
diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml
index 0f7214a547e4..ea1c96c03d1d 100644
--- a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
               <goal>shade</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <skip>${skipShade}</skip>
+              <skip>${shade.skip}</skip>
               <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
               <filters>
                 <filter>

From 03cabcf171d664e1738dac0cb3d56e10c01f170b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lawrence Qiu <lawrenceqiu@google.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:27:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/8] build: rely on native shade.skip parameter injection
 without redundant skip tags

---
 java-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml                     | 1 -
 java-cloud-bom/pom.xml                         | 2 ++
 java-spanner-jdbc/pom.xml                      | 1 -
 sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml | 1 -
 4 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/java-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml b/java-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml
index 775c742b377d..66afb01837e0 100644
--- a/java-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/java-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@
                   <goal>shade</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
-                  <skip>${shade.skip}</skip>
                   <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
                   <createSourcesJar>true</createSourcesJar>
                   <shadeSourcesContent>true</shadeSourcesContent>
diff --git a/java-cloud-bom/pom.xml b/java-cloud-bom/pom.xml
index ec55d6f62f09..66913f677b46 100644
--- a/java-cloud-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/java-cloud-bom/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <enforcer.skip>true</enforcer.skip>
+    <shade.skip>false</shade.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@
         <fmt.skip>true</fmt.skip>
         <flatten.skip>true</flatten.skip>
         <mdep.analyze.skip>true</mdep.analyze.skip>
+        <shade.skip>true</shade.skip>
       </properties>
     </profile>
     <profile>
diff --git a/java-spanner-jdbc/pom.xml b/java-spanner-jdbc/pom.xml
index d6143b4895dc..e5ef2d1a4a46 100644
--- a/java-spanner-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/java-spanner-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@
               <goal>shade</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <skip>${shade.skip}</skip>
               <createSourcesJar>true</createSourcesJar>
               <shadeSourcesContent>true</shadeSourcesContent>
               <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml
index ea1c96c03d1d..91a851fb9f9f 100644
--- a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@
               <goal>shade</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <skip>${shade.skip}</skip>
               <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
               <filters>
                 <filter>

From 963a2f8ebab214056f3f447c32324a6904f634c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lawrence Qiu <lawrenceqiu@google.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:29:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 4/8] build: skip maven-shade-plugin in quick-build profile

Add shade.skip=true to the quick-build profile in parent POMs to skip heavy shading during fast reactor installations.
---
 google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml                           | 1 -
 java-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml                                | 1 +
 java-cloud-bom/pom.xml                                    | 1 -
 sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml | 1 -
 4 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml b/google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml
index 657b12bd98c1..e8208c764809 100644
--- a/google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
   <properties>
     <skipUnitTests>false</skipUnitTests>
     <checkstyle.header.file>java.header</checkstyle.header.file>
-    <shade.skip>false</shade.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <developers>
diff --git a/java-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml b/java-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml
index 66afb01837e0..24bd9b89eec9 100644
--- a/java-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/java-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
                   <goal>shade</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
+                  <skip>${skipShade}</skip>
                   <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
                   <createSourcesJar>true</createSourcesJar>
                   <shadeSourcesContent>true</shadeSourcesContent>
diff --git a/java-cloud-bom/pom.xml b/java-cloud-bom/pom.xml
index 66913f677b46..435fbd22aee3 100644
--- a/java-cloud-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/java-cloud-bom/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <enforcer.skip>true</enforcer.skip>
-    <shade.skip>false</shade.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml
index 5cc2286cc7d3..1713078bb866 100644
--- a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     <!--  skipping clirr check for protobuf 4.x upgrade -->
     <clirr.skip>true</clirr.skip>
     <ignoreNonCompile>true</ignoreNonCompile><!-- maven-dependency-plugin:analyze to skip test scope dependencies -->
-    <shade.skip>false</shade.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <developers>

From 2f79b14dcce2603481fbf51af2fa778894739191 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lawrence Qiu <lawrenceqiu@google.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:50:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 5/8] build: explicitly map shade.skip in shaded module
 configurations

Maven Shade Plugin's skip parameter does not declare a built-in property expression in its Mojo descriptor, so explicit mapping via <skip>${shade.skip}</skip> is required for the profile property to take effect.
---
 java-spanner-jdbc/pom.xml                      | 1 +
 sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/java-spanner-jdbc/pom.xml b/java-spanner-jdbc/pom.xml
index e5ef2d1a4a46..d6143b4895dc 100644
--- a/java-spanner-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/java-spanner-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@
               <goal>shade</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
+              <skip>${shade.skip}</skip>
               <createSourcesJar>true</createSourcesJar>
               <shadeSourcesContent>true</shadeSourcesContent>
               <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml
index 91a851fb9f9f..ea1c96c03d1d 100644
--- a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@
               <goal>shade</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
+              <skip>${shade.skip}</skip>
               <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
               <filters>
                 <filter>

From 2b8f7a05a706ba9e554be97ae0755e2855dfb7ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lawrence Qiu <lawrenceqiu@google.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:53:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 6/8] build: default shade.skip to false with explanatory
 comments

Document why shade.skip property is declared and mapped explicitly.
Default shade.skip to false so normal builds continue shading, while quick-build toggles it to true.
---
 google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml                           | 3 +++
 java-cloud-bom/pom.xml                                    | 3 +++
 sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml | 3 +++
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml b/google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml
index e8208c764809..d47db4505393 100644
--- a/google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
   <properties>
     <skipUnitTests>false</skipUnitTests>
     <checkstyle.header.file>java.header</checkstyle.header.file>
+    <!-- maven-shade-plugin does not define a built-in user property for its skip parameter;
+         shade.skip is declared here and mapped in shaded modules to allow quick-build to toggle it off. -->
+    <shade.skip>false</shade.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <developers>
diff --git a/java-cloud-bom/pom.xml b/java-cloud-bom/pom.xml
index 435fbd22aee3..35df7633e2ea 100644
--- a/java-cloud-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/java-cloud-bom/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 
   <properties>
     <enforcer.skip>true</enforcer.skip>
+    <!-- maven-shade-plugin does not define a built-in user property for its skip parameter;
+         shade.skip is declared here and mapped in shaded modules to allow quick-build to toggle it off. -->
+    <shade.skip>false</shade.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml
index 1713078bb866..9308d87611c4 100644
--- a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
     <!--  skipping clirr check for protobuf 4.x upgrade -->
     <clirr.skip>true</clirr.skip>
     <ignoreNonCompile>true</ignoreNonCompile><!-- maven-dependency-plugin:analyze to skip test scope dependencies -->
+    <!-- maven-shade-plugin does not define a built-in user property for its skip parameter;
+         shade.skip is declared here and mapped in shaded modules to allow quick-build to toggle it off. -->
+    <shade.skip>false</shade.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <developers>

From b2039d602771c413d45603d31fe4cfbfca955258 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lawrence Qiu <lawrenceqiu@google.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:00:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 7/8] build: map shade.skip across all modules using
 maven-shade-plugin

Add <skip>${shade.skip}</skip> to maven-shade-plugin configurations in:
- java-bigquery/benchmark
- java-bigtable (and test-proxy)
- java-storage-nio/google-cloud-nio
- java-storage/storage-shared-benchmarking
---
 java-bigquery/benchmark/pom.xml                  | 1 +
 java-bigtable/pom.xml                            | 3 +++
 java-bigtable/test-proxy/pom.xml                 | 1 +
 java-storage-nio/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml        | 1 +
 java-storage/storage-shared-benchmarking/pom.xml | 1 +
 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/java-bigquery/benchmark/pom.xml b/java-bigquery/benchmark/pom.xml
index ead40fbcc5b3..2c4d95a2ccd1 100644
--- a/java-bigquery/benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/java-bigquery/benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
               <goal>shade</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
+              <skip>${shade.skip}</skip>
               <finalName>${uberjar.name}</finalName>
               <transformers>
                 <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
diff --git a/java-bigtable/pom.xml b/java-bigtable/pom.xml
index c6bd75e5f4f7..f8c14b726cd7 100644
--- a/java-bigtable/pom.xml
+++ b/java-bigtable/pom.xml
@@ -286,6 +286,9 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.6.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <skip>${shade.skip}</skip>
+                </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/java-bigtable/test-proxy/pom.xml b/java-bigtable/test-proxy/pom.xml
index d01521d8dedc..63e8a85f732d 100644
--- a/java-bigtable/test-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/java-bigtable/test-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
                 <goal>shade</goal>
               </goals>
               <configuration>
+                <skip>${shade.skip}</skip>
                 <filters>
                   <filter>
                     <artifact>*:*</artifact>
diff --git a/java-storage-nio/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml b/java-storage-nio/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
index f26d91de2d5a..ac841e4c19e2 100644
--- a/java-storage-nio/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
+++ b/java-storage-nio/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <configuration>
+          <skip>${shade.skip}</skip>
           <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
           <relocations>
             <relocation>
diff --git a/java-storage/storage-shared-benchmarking/pom.xml b/java-storage/storage-shared-benchmarking/pom.xml
index cf7251efc0cc..720cc3a8c2ae 100644
--- a/java-storage/storage-shared-benchmarking/pom.xml
+++ b/java-storage/storage-shared-benchmarking/pom.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
               <goal>shade</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
+              <skip>${shade.skip}</skip>
               <finalName>${uberjar.name}</finalName>
               <transformers>
                 <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">

From 8863b3c4dd08240ba69375db41070280f34fae01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lawrence Qiu <lawrenceqiu@google.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:44:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 8/8] build: revert skip-shading for gapic-generator-java

Keep gapic-generator-java shaded so its executable protoc plugin binary remains functional.
---
 sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml | 4 ----
 sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml            | 1 -
 2 files changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml
index 9308d87611c4..304f7e258e4f 100644
--- a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@
     <!--  skipping clirr check for protobuf 4.x upgrade -->
     <clirr.skip>true</clirr.skip>
     <ignoreNonCompile>true</ignoreNonCompile><!-- maven-dependency-plugin:analyze to skip test scope dependencies -->
-    <!-- maven-shade-plugin does not define a built-in user property for its skip parameter;
-         shade.skip is declared here and mapped in shaded modules to allow quick-build to toggle it off. -->
-    <shade.skip>false</shade.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <developers>
@@ -98,7 +95,6 @@
         <fmt.skip>true</fmt.skip>
         <flatten.skip>true</flatten.skip>
         <mdep.analyze.skip>true</mdep.analyze.skip>
-        <shade.skip>true</shade.skip>
       </properties>
     </profile>
 
diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml
index ea1c96c03d1d..91a851fb9f9f 100644
--- a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@
               <goal>shade</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <skip>${shade.skip}</skip>
               <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
               <filters>
                 <filter>