diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 9f6ca223881..46cf202740d 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - custom_attach_workspace
       - init_environment
-      - install_java
       - run:
           # We need to explicitly specify the --symlink_prefix option because otherwise we would
           # not be able to easily find the output bin directory when uploading artifacts for size