diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-sparc b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-sparc
index 8941c126e..f8443b3c4 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-sparc
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-sparc
@@ -49,5 +49,3 @@ LDLIBS_READLINE = -lreadline -lcurses
 # Use archive if there is a problem with the readline shared library
 #LDLIBS_READLINE = -Bstatic -lreadline -Bdynamic -lcurses
 
-# Java
-JAVA_DIR=/usr/java