diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/requirements/java_requirement.rb b/Library/Homebrew/requirements/java_requirement.rb
index 0d157ad957..2b777b6766 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/requirements/java_requirement.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/requirements/java_requirement.rb
@@ -117,12 +117,6 @@ class JavaRequirement < Requirement
   def possible_javas
     javas = []
     javas << Pathname.new(ENV["JAVA_HOME"])/"bin/java" if ENV["JAVA_HOME"]
-    jdk = begin
-      Formula["adoptopenjdk"]
-    rescue FormulaUnavailableError
-      nil
-    end
-    javas << jdk.bin/"java" if jdk&.latest_version_installed?
     javas << which("java")
     javas
   end