diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bd51cb01b..de9871eef 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ AC_PATH_TOOL(RANLIB, ranlib)
 AC_PATH_TOOL(STRIP, strip)
 AC_PATH_TOOL(GCOV, gcov)
 AC_PATH_PROG(LCOV, lcov)
-AC_PATH_PROG(JAVA, java)
 dnl Python 3.x is supported from 3.4 on (see https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/7893)
 AC_PATH_PROGS([PYTHON], [python3.6 python3.5 python3.4 python3 python2.7 python2 python])
 AC_PATH_PROG(GENHTML, genhtml)