diff --git a/src/main/java/com/syncleus/maven/plugins/mongodb/StartMongoMojo.java b/src/main/java/com/syncleus/maven/plugins/mongodb/StartMongoMojo.java
index 42d08c52c3940497a1721e3d1e8b776151d69bae..b8657d1a45b6666eda2517c85b0927ef2ae6ba7f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/syncleus/maven/plugins/mongodb/StartMongoMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/syncleus/maven/plugins/mongodb/StartMongoMojo.java
@@ -750,7 +750,6 @@ public class StartMongoMojo extends AbstractMongoMojo {
         getLog().info("Connected to MongoDB");
         final DB db = mongoClient.getDB("admin");
 
-        db.slaveOk();
         db.setWriteConcern(WriteConcern.UNACKNOWLEDGED);
         db.setReadPreference(ReadPreference.secondaryPreferred());
         BasicDBList membersList = new BasicDBList();