diff --git a/.docker/Dockerfile b/.docker/Dockerfile
index 29fc362fd3a753a342a213900572324b3d547888..e7becb0f66cf3d6423b94aa740c1fcf805768544 100644
--- a/.docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/.docker/Dockerfile
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ COPY . /caosdb-cppinttest
 WORKDIR /caosdb-cppinttest
 RUN rm -rf .git
 
-RUN apt-get install -y openjdk-11-jdk-headless
-
 # build and run tests
 CMD mkdir build && \
     cd build && \