diff --git a/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-8.502_p07.ebuild b/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-8.502_p07.ebuild
index 813e1febe2004..2fddd6f251dff 100644
--- a/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-8.502_p07.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-8.502_p07.ebuild
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-# Avoid circular dependency
-JAVA_DISABLE_DEPEND_ON_JAVA_DEP_CHECK="true"
-
 inherit check-reqs flag-o-matic java-pkg-2 java-vm-2 multiprocessing toolchain-funcs
 
 # don't change versioning scheme