diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/java-tools.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/java-tools.sh
index 5a8933daa..27b53fa84 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/java-tools.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/java-tools.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ curl -sL https://www-eu.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/3.6.3/binaries/apache-mave
 unzip -d /usr/share maven.zip
 rm maven.zip
 ln -s /usr/share/apache-maven-3.6.3/bin/mvn /usr/bin/mvn
-echo "M2_HOME=/usr/share/apache-maven-3.6.3" | tee -a /etc/environment
 
 # Install Gradle
 # This script downloads the latest HTML list of releases at https://gradle.org/releases/.