diff --git a/scripts/properties.sh b/scripts/properties.sh
index 0761f08cb1..b04778f386 100644
--- a/scripts/properties.sh
+++ b/scripts/properties.sh
@@ -11,14 +11,7 @@ TERMUX_NDK_VERSION=$TERMUX_NDK_VERSION_NUM$TERMUX_NDK_REVISION
 # update SHA256 sums in scripts/setup-android-sdk.sh
 # check all packages build and run correctly and bump if needed
 
-if [ -d "/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64" ]; then
-	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
-elif [ -d "/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk" ]; then
-	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk
-else
-	echo "Error: /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk{,-amd64} not found. Is openjdk 8 installed?"
-	exit 1
-fi
+export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
 
 if [ "${TERMUX_PACKAGES_OFFLINE-false}" = "true" ]; then
 	export ANDROID_HOME=${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}/build-tools/android-sdk-$TERMUX_SDK_REVISION