diff --git a/.github/scripts/prepare_JREs.sh b/.github/scripts/prepare_JREs.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ee713f81f..000000000
--- a/.github/scripts/prepare_JREs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-URL_JDK8="https://api.adoptium.net/v3/binary/version/jdk8u312-b07/linux/x64/jre/hotspot/normal/eclipse"
-URL_JDK17="https://api.adoptium.net/v3/binary/latest/17/ga/linux/x64/jre/hotspot/normal/eclipse"
-
-mkdir -p JREs
-pushd JREs
-
-wget --content-disposition "$URL_JDK8"
-wget --content-disposition "$URL_JDK17"
-
-for file in *;
-do
-    mkdir temp
-
-    re='(OpenJDK([[:digit:]]+)U-jre_x64_linux_hotspot_([[:digit:]]+)(.*).tar.gz)'
-    if [[ $file =~ $re ]];
-    then
-        version_major=${BASH_REMATCH[2]}
-        version_trailing=${BASH_REMATCH[4]}
-
-        if [ $version_major = 17 ];
-        then
-            hyphen='-'
-        else
-            hyphen=''
-        fi
-
-        version_edit=$(echo $version_trailing | sed -e 's/_/+/g' | sed -e 's/b/-b/g')
-        dir_name=jdk$hyphen$version_major$version_edit-jre
-        mkdir jre$version_major
-        tar -xzf $file -C temp
-        pushd temp/$dir_name
-        cp -r . ../../jre$version_major
-        popd
-    fi
-
-    rm -rf temp
-done
-
-popd
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 44779386f..bc8129fba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -259,7 +259,6 @@ jobs:
 
           wget "https://github.com/AppImageCommunity/AppImageUpdate/releases/download/continuous/AppImageUpdate-x86_64.AppImage"
 
-          ${{ github.workspace }}/.github/scripts/prepare_JREs.sh
           sudo apt install libopengl0
 
       - name: Add QT_HOST_PATH var (Windows MSVC arm64)
@@ -528,13 +527,8 @@ jobs:
 
           chmod +x linuxdeploy-*.AppImage
 
-          mkdir -p ${{ env.INSTALL_APPIMAGE_DIR }}/usr/lib/jvm/java-{8,17}-openjdk
           mkdir -p ${{ env.INSTALL_APPIMAGE_DIR }}/usr/plugins/iconengines
 
-          cp -r ${{ github.workspace }}/JREs/jre8/* ${{ env.INSTALL_APPIMAGE_DIR }}/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk
-
-          cp -r ${{ github.workspace }}/JREs/jre17/* ${{ env.INSTALL_APPIMAGE_DIR }}/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk
-
           cp -r ${{ runner.workspace }}/Qt/${{ matrix.qt_version }}/gcc_64/plugins/iconengines/* ${{ env.INSTALL_APPIMAGE_DIR }}/usr/plugins/iconengines
 
           cp /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.1 ${{ env.INSTALL_APPIMAGE_DIR }}/usr/lib/
@@ -542,10 +536,6 @@ jobs:
           cp /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libOpenGL.so.0* ${{ env.INSTALL_APPIMAGE_DIR }}/usr/lib/
 
           LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${{ env.INSTALL_APPIMAGE_DIR }}/usr/lib"
-          LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${{ env.INSTALL_APPIMAGE_DIR }}/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk/lib/amd64/server"
-          LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${{ env.INSTALL_APPIMAGE_DIR }}/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk/lib/amd64"
-          LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${{ env.INSTALL_APPIMAGE_DIR }}/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk/lib/server"
-          LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${{ env.INSTALL_APPIMAGE_DIR }}/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk/lib"
           export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
           chmod +x AppImageUpdate-x86_64.AppImage