diff --git a/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-11.0.2_p7.ebuild b/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-11.0.2_p7.ebuild
index 1a48fa81cb9c2..f546f4783e350 100644
--- a/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-11.0.2_p7.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-11.0.2_p7.ebuild
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ pkg_setup() {
 		JDK_HOME=${JDK_HOME#*/}
 		JDK_HOME=${EPREFIX}/opt/${JDK_HOME%-r*}
 		export JDK_HOME
+		unset _JAVA_OPTIONS
 	fi
 }
 
diff --git a/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-8.202_p08.ebuild b/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-8.202_p08.ebuild
index b1c57e60f8d25..b0ad1d7bd36e3 100644
--- a/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-8.202_p08.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-8.202_p08.ebuild
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ pkg_setup() {
 		JDK_HOME=${JDK_HOME#*/}
 		JDK_HOME=${EPREFIX}/opt/${JDK_HOME%-r*}
 		export JDK_HOME
+		unset _JAVA_OPTIONS
 	fi
 }