diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-catalog/hadoop-yarn-applications-catalog-webapp/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-catalog/hadoop-yarn-applications-catalog-webapp/pom.xml
index 9c93c9553def72..9660b6a61471f8 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-catalog/hadoop-yarn-applications-catalog-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-catalog/hadoop-yarn-applications-catalog-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -484,7 +484,14 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
                 <configuration>
-                    <skipJasmineTests>${skipTests}</skipJasmineTests>
+                    <!-- No explicit skipJasmineTests element: the plugin already
+                         binds skipTests, maven.test.skip and skipJasmineTests to the
+                         matching command-line properties and skips when any is true.
+                         Setting the element here would override those bindings, so
+                         -DskipJasmineTests would be ignored. Omitting it lets
+                         -DskipTests skip jasmine (as before) while -DskipJasmineTests=true
+                         skips only the browser-driven specs (e.g. on a headless box
+                         with no PhantomJS) without disabling the module's other tests. -->
                     <webDriverClassName>org.openqa.selenium.phantomjs.PhantomJSDriver</webDriverClassName>
                     <webDriverCapabilities>
                         <capability>