diff --git a/javapackages-tools.spec b/javapackages-tools.spec
index 1c0e66a..efc5888 100644
--- a/javapackages-tools.spec
+++ b/javapackages-tools.spec
@@ -156,13 +156,6 @@ Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       xmvn-install >= 2
 Requires:       xmvn-subst >= 2
 Requires:       xmvn-resolve >= 2
-# We want to use OpenJDK 8 for building packages as it is default
-# implementation used in Fedora.  Due to YUM bugs and limitations,
-# sometimes Java 7 may be installed alone.  To workaround this
-# maven-local explicitly requires version 8 of OpenJDK.  (If needed
-# Maven can still work with Java 7, but this needs to be enabled
-# explicitly in the spec file.)
-Requires:       java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel >= 1:1.8
 
 %description -n javapackages-local
 This package provides non-essential macros and scripts to support Java packaging.