diff --git a/dev-java/asm/asm-9.10.1.ebuild b/dev-java/asm/asm-9.10.1.ebuild
index 4355f903c923c..cf386030a5b48 100644
--- a/dev-java/asm/asm-9.10.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/asm/asm-9.10.1.ebuild
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ EAPI=9
 JAVA_PKG_IUSE="doc source test"
 JAVA_TESTING_FRAMEWORKS="junit-jupiter"
 
-# Avoid circular dependency
-JAVA_DISABLE_DEPEND_ON_JAVA_DEP_CHECK="true"
-
 inherit java-pkg-2 java-pkg-simple junit5
 
 MY_P="ASM_${PV//./_}"
diff --git a/dev-java/asm/asm-9.7.1-r1.ebuild b/dev-java/asm/asm-9.7.1-r1.ebuild
index 67a1e694913ea..9d17e57bcd8a2 100644
--- a/dev-java/asm/asm-9.7.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/asm/asm-9.7.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ MAVEN_PROVIDES="
 	org.ow2.asm:asm-util:${PV}
 "
 
-# Avoid circular dependency
-JAVA_DISABLE_DEPEND_ON_JAVA_DEP_CHECK="true"
-
 inherit java-pkg-2 java-pkg-simple
 
 DESCRIPTION="Bytecode manipulation framework for Java"