diff --git a/dev/release/01-prepare-test.rb b/dev/release/01-prepare-test.rb
index a6e655cd36b59..2081d7ab9d9b1 100644
--- a/dev/release/01-prepare-test.rb
+++ b/dev/release/01-prepare-test.rb
@@ -311,34 +311,6 @@ def test_version_pre_tag
       ]
     end
 
-    Dir.glob("java/**/pom.xml") do |path|
-      version = "<version>#{@snapshot_version}</version>"
-      lines = File.readlines(path, chomp: true)
-      target_lines = lines.grep(/#{Regexp.escape(version)}/)
-      hunks = []
-      target_lines.each do |line|
-        new_line = line.gsub(@snapshot_version) do
-          @release_version
-        end
-        hunks << [
-          "-#{line}",
-          "+#{new_line}",
-        ]
-      end
-      tag = "<tag>main</tag>"
-      target_lines = lines.grep(/#{Regexp.escape(tag)}/)
-      target_lines.each do |line|
-        new_line = line.gsub("main") do
-          "apache-arrow-#{@release_version}"
-        end
-        hunks << [
-          "-#{line}",
-          "+#{new_line}",
-        ]
-      end
-      expected_changes << {hunks: hunks, path: path}
-    end
-
     Dir.glob("ruby/**/version.rb") do |path|
       version = "  VERSION = \"#{@snapshot_version}\""
       new_version = "  VERSION = \"#{@release_version}\""
diff --git a/dev/release/02-source-test.rb b/dev/release/02-source-test.rb
index 3dec19326f92b..95c1a4f448389 100644
--- a/dev/release/02-source-test.rb
+++ b/dev/release/02-source-test.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def source(*targets)
     targets.each do |target|
       env["SOURCE_#{target}"] = "1"
     end
-    sh(env, @tarball_script, @release_version, "0") 
+    sh(env, @tarball_script, @release_version, "0")
     output = sh(env, @script, @release_version, "0")
     sh("tar", "xf", @archive_name)
     output
@@ -143,13 +143,13 @@ def test_vote
 #{@current_commit} [2]
 
 The source release rc0 is hosted at [3].
-The binary artifacts are hosted at [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11].
-The changelog is located at [12].
+The binary artifacts are hosted at [4][5][6][7][8][9][10].
+The changelog is located at [11].
 
 Please download, verify checksums and signatures, run the unit tests,
-and vote on the release. See [13] for how to validate a release candidate.
+and vote on the release. See [12] for how to validate a release candidate.
 
-See also a verification result on GitHub pull request [14].
+See also a verification result on GitHub pull request [13].
 
 The vote will be open for at least 72 hours.
 
@@ -164,13 +164,12 @@ def test_vote
 [5]: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/amazon-linux-rc/
 [6]: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/centos-rc/
 [7]: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/debian-rc/
-[8]: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/java-rc/#{@release_version}-rc0
-[9]: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/nuget-rc/#{@release_version}-rc0
-[10]: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/python-rc/#{@release_version}-rc0
-[11]: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/ubuntu-rc/
-[12]: https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/#{@current_commit}/CHANGELOG.md
-[13]: https://arrow.apache.org/docs/developers/release_verification.html
-[14]: #{verify_pr_url || "null"}
+[8]: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/nuget-rc/#{@release_version}-rc0
+[9]: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/python-rc/#{@release_version}-rc0
+[10]: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/ubuntu-rc/
+[11]: https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/#{@current_commit}/CHANGELOG.md
+[12]: https://arrow.apache.org/docs/developers/release_verification.html
+[13]: #{verify_pr_url || "null"}
     VOTE
   end
 end
diff --git a/dev/release/02-source.sh b/dev/release/02-source.sh
index cc3f5b7cc5251..94fa6a814a61d 100755
--- a/dev/release/02-source.sh
+++ b/dev/release/02-source.sh
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ echo "Using commit $release_hash"
 tarball=apache-arrow-${version}.tar.gz
 
 if [ ${SOURCE_DOWNLOAD} -gt 0 ]; then
-  # Wait for the release candidate workflow to finish before attempting 
+  # Wait for the release candidate workflow to finish before attempting
   # to download the tarball from the GitHub Release.
   . $SOURCE_DIR/utils-watch-gh-workflow.sh ${tag} "release_candidate.yml"
   rm -f ${tarball}
@@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ This release candidate is based on commit:
 ${release_hash} [2]
 
 The source release rc${rc} is hosted at [3].
-The binary artifacts are hosted at [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11].
-The changelog is located at [12].
+The binary artifacts are hosted at [4][5][6][7][8][9][10].
+The changelog is located at [11].
 
 Please download, verify checksums and signatures, run the unit tests,
-and vote on the release. See [13] for how to validate a release candidate.
+and vote on the release. See [12] for how to validate a release candidate.
 
-See also a verification result on GitHub pull request [14].
+See also a verification result on GitHub pull request [13].
 
 The vote will be open for at least 72 hours.
 
@@ -184,13 +184,12 @@ The vote will be open for at least 72 hours.
 [5]: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/amazon-linux-rc/
 [6]: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/centos-rc/
 [7]: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/debian-rc/
-[8]: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/java-rc/${version}-rc${rc}
-[9]: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/nuget-rc/${version}-rc${rc}
-[10]: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/python-rc/${version}-rc${rc}
-[11]: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/ubuntu-rc/
-[12]: https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/${release_hash}/CHANGELOG.md
-[13]: https://arrow.apache.org/docs/developers/release_verification.html
-[14]: ${verify_pr_url}
+[8]: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/nuget-rc/${version}-rc${rc}
+[9]: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/python-rc/${version}-rc${rc}
+[10]: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/ubuntu-rc/
+[11]: https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/${release_hash}/CHANGELOG.md
+[12]: https://arrow.apache.org/docs/developers/release_verification.html
+[13]: ${verify_pr_url}
 MAIL
   echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
 fi
diff --git a/dev/release/06-java-upload.sh b/dev/release/06-java-upload.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d0fd851da5767..0000000000000
--- a/dev/release/06-java-upload.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,153 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-
-set -e
-set -u
-set -o pipefail
-
-SOURCE_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-
-if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
-  echo "Usage: $0 <version> <rc-num>"
-  exit
-fi
-
-version=$1
-rc=$2
-
-: ${UPLOAD_DEFAULT=1}
-: ${UPLOAD_FORCE_SIGN=${UPLOAD_DEFAULT}}
-
-if [ ${UPLOAD_FORCE_SIGN} -gt 0 ]; then
-  pushd "${SOURCE_DIR}"
-  if [ ! -f .env ]; then
-    echo "You must create $(pwd)/.env"
-    echo "You can use $(pwd)/.env.example as template"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-  . .env
-  popd
-fi
-
-version_with_rc="${version}-rc${rc}"
-crossbow_job_prefix="release-${version_with_rc}"
-crossbow_package_dir="${SOURCE_DIR}/../../packages"
-
-: ${CROSSBOW_JOB_NUMBER:="0"}
-: ${CROSSBOW_JOB_ID:="${crossbow_job_prefix}-${CROSSBOW_JOB_NUMBER}"}
-: ${ARROW_ARTIFACTS_DIR:="${crossbow_package_dir}/${CROSSBOW_JOB_ID}/java-jars"}
-
-if [ ! -e "${ARROW_ARTIFACTS_DIR}" ]; then
-  echo "${ARROW_ARTIFACTS_DIR} does not exist"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ ! -d "${ARROW_ARTIFACTS_DIR}" ]; then
-  echo "${ARROW_ARTIFACTS_DIR} is not a directory"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-pushd "${ARROW_ARTIFACTS_DIR}"
-
-files=
-types=
-classifiers=
-
-sign() {
-  local path="$1"
-  local classifier="$2"
-  local type=$(echo "${path}" | grep -o "[^.]*$")
-
-  local asc_path="${path}.asc"
-  if [ ${UPLOAD_FORCE_SIGN} -gt 0 ]; then
-    rm -f "${asc_path}"
-    gpg \
-      --detach-sig \
-      --local-user "${GPG_KEY_ID}" \
-      --output "${asc_path}" \
-      "${path}"
-  fi
-  if [ -n "${files}" ]; then
-    files="${files},"
-    types="${types},"
-    classifiers="${classifiers},"
-  fi
-  files="${files}${asc_path}"
-  types="${types}${type}.asc"
-  classifiers="${classifiers}${classifier}"
-
-  # .md5 and .sha1 are generated automatically on repository side.
-  # local sha512_path="${path}.sha512"
-  # shasum --algorithm 512 "${path}" > "${sha512_path}"
-  # files="${files},${sha512_path}"
-  # types="${types},${type}.sha512"
-  # classifiers="${classifiers},${classifier}"
-}
-
-for pom in *.pom; do
-  base=$(basename ${pom} .pom)
-  files=""
-  types=""
-  classifiers=""
-  args=()
-  args+=(deploy:deploy-file)
-  args+=(-DrepositoryId=apache.releases.https)
-  args+=(-DretryFailedDeploymentCount=10)
-  args+=(-Durl=https://repository.apache.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2)
-  pom="${PWD}/${pom}"
-  args+=(-DpomFile="${pom}")
-  if [ -f "${base}.jar" ]; then
-    jar="${PWD}/${base}.jar"
-    args+=(-Dfile="${jar}")
-    sign "${jar}" ""
-  else
-    args+=(-Dfile="${pom}")
-  fi
-  sign "${pom}" ""
-  if [ "$(echo ${base}-*)" != "${base}-*" ]; then
-    for other_file in ${base}-*; do
-      file="${PWD}/${other_file}"
-      type=$(echo "${other_file}" | grep -o "[^.]*$")
-      case "${type}" in
-        asc|sha256|sha512)
-          continue
-          ;;
-      esac
-      classifier=$(basename "${other_file}" ".${type}" | sed -e "s/${base}-//g")
-      files="${files},${file}"
-      types="${types},${type}"
-      classifiers="${classifiers},${classifier}"
-      sign "${file}" "${classifier}"
-    done
-  fi
-  args+=(-Dfiles="${files}")
-  args+=(-Dtypes="${types}")
-  args+=(-Dclassifiers="${classifiers}")
-  pushd "${SOURCE_DIR}"
-  mvn "${args[@]}"
-  popd
-done
-
-popd
-
-echo "Success!"
-echo "Press the 'Close' button manually by Web interface:"
-echo "    https://repository.apache.org/#stagingRepositories"
-echo "It publishes the artifacts to the staging repository:"
-echo "    https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/staging/org/apache/arrow/"
diff --git a/dev/release/07-matlab-upload.sh b/dev/release/06-matlab-upload.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from dev/release/07-matlab-upload.sh
rename to dev/release/06-matlab-upload.sh
diff --git a/dev/release/08-binary-verify.sh b/dev/release/07-binary-verify.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from dev/release/08-binary-verify.sh
rename to dev/release/07-binary-verify.sh
diff --git a/dev/release/post-04-website.sh b/dev/release/post-04-website.sh
index a2b0bd61525eb..dc5c7b58af00e 100755
--- a/dev/release/post-04-website.sh
+++ b/dev/release/post-04-website.sh
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ current:
   mirrors: 'https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/arrow/arrow-${version}/'
   tarball-name: 'apache-arrow-${version}.tar.gz'
   tarball-url: 'https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua?action=download&filename=arrow/arrow-${version}/apache-arrow-${version}.tar.gz'
-  java-artifacts: 'https://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cg%3A%22org.apache.arrow%22%20AND%20v%3A%22${version}%22'
   asc: '${apache_download_url}/arrow/arrow-${version}/apache-arrow-${version}.tar.gz.asc'
   sha256: '${apache_download_url}/arrow/arrow-${version}/apache-arrow-${version}.tar.gz.sha256'
   sha512: '${apache_download_url}/arrow/arrow-${version}/apache-arrow-${version}.tar.gz.sha512'
diff --git a/dev/release/post-10-docs.sh b/dev/release/post-10-docs.sh
index 70c54c555f839..fdf37ce1a757a 100755
--- a/dev/release/post-10-docs.sh
+++ b/dev/release/post-10-docs.sh
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ done
 versioned_paths+=("docs/dev/")
 rm -rf docs/dev/
 if [ "$is_major_release" = "yes" ] ; then
-  # copy the current stable docs to temporary directory
-  # (remove java reference to reduce size)
-  rm -rf docs/java/reference/
   cp -r docs/ docs_temp/
 fi
 # delete current stable docs and restore all previous versioned docs
diff --git a/dev/release/post-12-bump-versions-test.rb b/dev/release/post-12-bump-versions-test.rb
index 60fd1096ce0ab..229dc7e1e1b08 100644
--- a/dev/release/post-12-bump-versions-test.rb
+++ b/dev/release/post-12-bump-versions-test.rb
@@ -349,23 +349,6 @@ def test_version_post_tag
         ]
       end
 
-      Dir.glob("java/**/pom.xml") do |path|
-        version = "<version>#{@snapshot_version}</version>"
-        lines = File.readlines(path, chomp: true)
-        target_lines = lines.grep(/#{Regexp.escape(version)}/)
-        hunks = []
-        target_lines.each do |line|
-          new_line = line.gsub(@snapshot_version) do
-            @next_snapshot_version
-          end
-          hunks << [
-            "-#{line}",
-            "+#{new_line}",
-          ]
-        end
-        expected_changes << {hunks: hunks, path: path}
-      end
-
       Dir.glob("ruby/**/version.rb") do |path|
         version = "  VERSION = \"#{@snapshot_version}\""
         new_version = "  VERSION = \"#{@next_snapshot_version}\""
diff --git a/dev/release/setup-rhel-rebuilds.sh b/dev/release/setup-rhel-rebuilds.sh
index e8861a19f35b7..ab68a69bcaf7d 100755
--- a/dev/release/setup-rhel-rebuilds.sh
+++ b/dev/release/setup-rhel-rebuilds.sh
@@ -35,11 +35,9 @@ dnf -y install \
   cmake \
   git \
   gobject-introspection-devel \
-  java-11-openjdk-devel \
   libcurl-devel \
   llvm-devel \
   llvm-toolset \
-  maven \
   ncurses-devel \
   ninja-build \
   nodejs \
@@ -55,5 +53,3 @@ npm install -g yarn
 
 python3 -m ensurepip --upgrade
 alternatives --set python /usr/bin/python3
-alternatives --set java java-11-openjdk.$(uname -i)
-alternatives --set javac java-11-openjdk.$(uname -i)
diff --git a/dev/release/setup-ubuntu.sh b/dev/release/setup-ubuntu.sh
index ef9d3dde5c1f9..b877c1225ab6a 100755
--- a/dev/release/setup-ubuntu.sh
+++ b/dev/release/setup-ubuntu.sh
@@ -57,10 +57,8 @@ apt-get install -y -q --no-install-recommends \
   libglib2.0-dev \
   libsqlite3-dev \
   libssl-dev \
-  maven \
   ninja-build \
   nlohmann-json${nlohmann_json}-dev \
-  openjdk-11-jdk \
   pkg-config \
   python${python}-dev \
   python${python}-venv \
diff --git a/dev/release/utils-prepare.sh b/dev/release/utils-prepare.sh
index 1b7ba54e491fb..36b34e4353943 100644
--- a/dev/release/utils-prepare.sh
+++ b/dev/release/utils-prepare.sh
@@ -84,17 +84,6 @@ update_versions() {
   git add vcpkg.json
   popd
 
-  pushd "${ARROW_DIR}/java"
-  mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=${version} -DprocessAllModules -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
-  if [ "${type}" = "release" ]; then
-    # versions-maven-plugin:set-scm-tag does not update the whole reactor. Invoking separately
-    mvn versions:set-scm-tag -DnewTag=apache-arrow-${version} -DgenerateBackupPoms=false -pl :arrow-java-root
-    mvn versions:set-scm-tag -DnewTag=apache-arrow-${version} -DgenerateBackupPoms=false -pl :arrow-bom
-  fi
-  git add "pom.xml"
-  git add "**/pom.xml"
-  popd
-
   pushd "${ARROW_DIR}/csharp"
   sed -i.bak -E -e \
     "s/^    <Version>.+<\/Version>/    <Version>${version}<\/Version>/" \
diff --git a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
index 0305e22843841..52977bc4c0149 100755
--- a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
+++ b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 
 # Requirements
 # - Ruby >= 2.3
-# - Maven >= 3.8.7
-# - JDK >= 11
 # - gcc >= 4.8
 # - Node.js >= 18
 # - Go >= 1.22
@@ -439,46 +437,6 @@ maybe_setup_conda() {
   fi
 }
 
-install_maven() {
-  MAVEN_VERSION=3.8.7
-  if command -v mvn > /dev/null; then
-    # --batch-mode is for disabling output color.
-    SYSTEM_MAVEN_VERSION=$(mvn --batch-mode -v | head -n 1 | awk '{print $3}')
-    show_info "Found Maven version ${SYSTEM_MAVEN_VERSION} at $(command -v mvn)."
-  else
-    SYSTEM_MAVEN_VERSION=0.0.0
-    show_info "Maven installation not found."
-  fi
-
-  if [[ "$MAVEN_VERSION" == "$SYSTEM_MAVEN_VERSION" ]]; then
-    show_info "System Maven version ${SYSTEM_MAVEN_VERSION} matches required Maven version ${MAVEN_VERSION}. Skipping installation."
-  else
-    # Append pipe character to make preview release versions like "X.Y.Z-beta-1" sort
-    # as older than their corresponding release version "X.Y.Z". This works because
-    # `sort -V` orders the pipe character lower than any version number character.
-    older_version=$(printf '%s\n%s\n' "$SYSTEM_MAVEN_VERSION" "$MAVEN_VERSION" | sed 's/$/|/' | sort -V | sed 's/|$//' | head -n1)
-    if [[ "$older_version" == "$SYSTEM_MAVEN_VERSION" ]]; then
-      show_info "Installing Maven version ${MAVEN_VERSION}..."
-      APACHE_MIRROR="https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua?action=download&filename="
-      curl -sL -o apache-maven-${MAVEN_VERSION}-bin.tar.gz \
-        ${APACHE_MIRROR}/maven/maven-3/${MAVEN_VERSION}/binaries/apache-maven-${MAVEN_VERSION}-bin.tar.gz
-      tar xzf apache-maven-${MAVEN_VERSION}-bin.tar.gz
-      export PATH=$(pwd)/apache-maven-${MAVEN_VERSION}/bin:$PATH
-      # --batch-mode is for disabling output color.
-      show_info "Installed Maven version $(mvn --batch-mode -v | head -n 1 | awk '{print $3}')"
-    else
-      show_info "System Maven version ${SYSTEM_MAVEN_VERSION} is newer than minimum version ${MAVEN_VERSION}. Skipping installation."
-    fi
-  fi
-}
-
-maybe_setup_maven() {
-  show_info "Ensuring that Maven is installed..."
-  if [ "${USE_CONDA}" -eq 0 ]; then
-    install_maven
-  fi
-}
-
 maybe_setup_virtualenv() {
   # Optionally setup pip virtualenv with the passed dependencies
   local env="venv-${VENV_ENV:-source}"
@@ -535,66 +493,6 @@ maybe_setup_nodejs() {
   fi
 }
 
-test_package_java() {
-  show_header "Build and test Java libraries"
-
-  maybe_setup_maven
-  maybe_setup_conda maven openjdk
-
-  pushd java
-
-  if [ ${TEST_INTEGRATION_JAVA} -gt 0 ]; then
-    # Build JNI for C data interface
-    local -a cmake_options=()
-    # Enable only C data interface.
-    cmake_options+=(-DARROW_JAVA_JNI_ENABLE_C=ON)
-    cmake_options+=(-DARROW_JAVA_JNI_ENABLE_DEFAULT=OFF)
-    # Disable Testing because GTest might not be present.
-    cmake_options+=(-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF)
-    if [ ! -z "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" ]; then
-      cmake_options+=(-G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}")
-    fi
-    local build_dir="${ARROW_TMPDIR}/java-jni-build"
-    local install_dir="${ARROW_TMPDIR}/java-jni-install"
-    local dist_dir="${ARROW_TMPDIR}/java-jni-dist"
-    cmake \
-      -S . \
-      -B "${build_dir}" \
-      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:-release} \
-      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
-      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${install_dir}" \
-      -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${ARROW_HOME}" \
-      "${cmake_options[@]}"
-    cmake --build "${build_dir}"
-    cmake --install "${build_dir}"
-
-    local normalized_arch=$(arch)
-    case ${normalized_arch} in
-      aarch64|arm64)
-        normalized_arch=aarch_64
-        ;;
-      i386)
-        normalized_arch=x86_64
-        ;;
-    esac
-    rm -fr ${dist_dir}
-    mkdir -p ${dist_dir}
-    mv ${install_dir}/lib/* ${dist_dir}
-    mvn install \
-        -Darrow.c.jni.dist.dir=${dist_dir} \
-        -Parrow-c-data
-  fi
-
-  if [ ${TEST_JAVA} -gt 0 ]; then
-    mvn test
-  fi
-
-  # Build jars
-  mvn package
-
-  popd
-}
-
 test_and_install_cpp() {
   show_header "Build, install and test C++ libraries"
 
@@ -893,13 +791,9 @@ test_integration() {
   maybe_setup_virtualenv
 
   pip install -e dev/archery[integration]
-  pip install -e dev/archery[integration-java]
 
-  JAVA_DIR=$ARROW_SOURCE_DIR/java
   CPP_BUILD_DIR=$ARROW_TMPDIR/cpp-build
 
-  files=( $JAVA_DIR/tools/target/arrow-tools-*-jar-with-dependencies.jar )
-  export ARROW_JAVA_INTEGRATION_JAR=${files[0]}
   export ARROW_CPP_EXE_PATH=$CPP_BUILD_DIR/release
 
   INTEGRATION_TEST_ARGS=""
@@ -911,7 +805,6 @@ test_integration() {
   LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ARROW_CPP_EXE_PATH:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH archery integration \
     --run-ipc --run-flight --run-c-data \
     --with-cpp=${TEST_INTEGRATION_CPP} \
-    --with-java=${TEST_INTEGRATION_JAVA} \
     --with-js=${TEST_INTEGRATION_JS} \
     $INTEGRATION_TEST_ARGS
 }
@@ -1009,9 +902,6 @@ test_source_distribution() {
   if [ ${TEST_RUBY} -gt 0 ]; then
     test_ruby
   fi
-  if [ ${BUILD_JAVA} -gt 0 ]; then
-    test_package_java
-  fi
   if [ ${TEST_INTEGRATION} -gt 0 ]; then
     test_integration
   fi
@@ -1032,9 +922,6 @@ test_binary_distribution() {
   if [ ${TEST_WHEELS} -gt 0 ]; then
     test_wheels
   fi
-  if [ ${TEST_JARS} -gt 0 ]; then
-    test_jars
-  fi
 }
 
 test_linux_wheels() {
@@ -1170,30 +1057,6 @@ test_wheels() {
   popd
 }
 
-test_jars() {
-  show_header "Testing Java JNI jars"
-
-  maybe_setup_maven
-  maybe_setup_conda maven python
-
-  local download_dir=${ARROW_TMPDIR}/jars
-  mkdir -p ${download_dir}
-
-  ${PYTHON:-python3} $SOURCE_DIR/download_rc_binaries.py $VERSION $RC_NUMBER \
-         --dest=${download_dir} \
-         --package_type=jars
-
-  verify_dir_artifact_signatures ${download_dir}
-
-  # TODO: This should be replaced with real verification by ARROW-15486.
-  # https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-15486
-  # [Release][Java] Verify staged maven artifacts
-  if [ ! -d "${download_dir}/arrow-memory/${VERSION}" ]; then
-    echo "Artifacts for ${VERSION} isn't uploaded yet."
-    return 1
-  fi
-}
-
 # By default test all functionalities.
 # To deactivate one test, deactivate the test and all of its dependents
 # To explicitly select one test, set TEST_DEFAULT=0 TEST_X=1
@@ -1206,12 +1069,10 @@ test_jars() {
 # Binary verification tasks
 : ${TEST_APT:=${TEST_BINARIES}}
 : ${TEST_BINARY:=${TEST_BINARIES}}
-: ${TEST_JARS:=${TEST_BINARIES}}
 : ${TEST_WHEELS:=${TEST_BINARIES}}
 : ${TEST_YUM:=${TEST_BINARIES}}
 
 # Source verification tasks
-: ${TEST_JAVA:=${TEST_SOURCE}}
 : ${TEST_CPP:=${TEST_SOURCE}}
 : ${TEST_CSHARP:=${TEST_SOURCE}}
 : ${TEST_GLIB:=${TEST_SOURCE}}
@@ -1222,15 +1083,13 @@ test_jars() {
 
 # For selective Integration testing, set TEST_DEFAULT=0 TEST_INTEGRATION_X=1 TEST_INTEGRATION_Y=1
 : ${TEST_INTEGRATION_CPP:=${TEST_INTEGRATION}}
-: ${TEST_INTEGRATION_JAVA:=${TEST_INTEGRATION}}
 : ${TEST_INTEGRATION_JS:=${TEST_INTEGRATION}}
 
 # Automatically build/test if its activated by a dependent
 TEST_GLIB=$((${TEST_GLIB} + ${TEST_RUBY}))
 BUILD_CPP=$((${TEST_CPP} + ${TEST_GLIB} + ${TEST_PYTHON} + ${TEST_INTEGRATION_CPP}))
-BUILD_JAVA=$((${TEST_JAVA} + ${TEST_INTEGRATION_JAVA}))
 BUILD_JS=$((${TEST_JS} + ${TEST_INTEGRATION_JS}))
-TEST_INTEGRATION=$((${TEST_INTEGRATION} + ${TEST_INTEGRATION_CPP} + ${TEST_INTEGRATION_JAVA} + ${TEST_INTEGRATION_JS}))
+TEST_INTEGRATION=$((${TEST_INTEGRATION} + ${TEST_INTEGRATION_CPP} + ${TEST_INTEGRATION_JS}))
 
 # Execute tests in a conda environment
 : ${USE_CONDA:=0}
diff --git a/docs/source/developers/release.rst b/docs/source/developers/release.rst
index 53550752d497b..52f4a751dcc81 100644
--- a/docs/source/developers/release.rst
+++ b/docs/source/developers/release.rst
@@ -55,13 +55,6 @@ generated properly.
         default-key ${YOUR_GPG_KEY_ID}
 
     - The GPG key needs to be added to this `SVN repo <https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/arrow/>`_ and `this one <https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/arrow/>`_.
-    - Configure Maven to `publish artifacts to Apache repositories <http://www.apache.org/dev/publishing-maven-artifacts.html>`_. You will need to `setup a master password <https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-encryption.html>`_ at ``~/.m2/settings-security.xml`` and ``settings.xml`` as specified on the `Apache guide <http://www.apache.org/dev/publishing-maven-artifacts.html#dev-env>`_. It can be tested with the following command:
-
-    .. code-block::
-
-        # You might need to export GPG_TTY=$(tty) to properly prompt for a passphrase
-        mvn clean install -Papache-release
-
     - Have the build requirements for cpp and c_glib installed.
     - Set the ``CROSSBOW_GITHUB_TOKEN`` environment variable to automatically create the verify release Pull Request.
     - Install ``en_US.UTF-8`` locale. You can confirm available locales by ``locale -a``.
@@ -220,20 +213,13 @@ Build source and binaries and submit them
     # otherwise I got errors referencing "ioctl" errors.
     dev/release/05-binary-upload.sh <version> <rc-number>
 
-    # Sign and upload the Java artifacts
-    #
-    # Note that you need to press the "Close" button manually by Web interface
-    # after you complete the script:
-    #   https://repository.apache.org/#stagingRepositories
-    dev/release/06-java-upload.sh <version> <rc-number>
-
     # Sign and upload MATLAB artifacts to the GitHub Releases area.
     #
     # Note that you need to have GitHub CLI installed to run this script.
-    dev/release/07-matlab-upload.sh <version> <rc-number>
+    dev/release/06-matlab-upload.sh <version> <rc-number>
 
     # Start verifications for binaries and wheels
-    dev/release/08-binary-verify.sh <version> <rc-number>
+    dev/release/07-binary-verify.sh <version> <rc-number>
 
 Verify the Release
 ------------------
@@ -276,7 +262,6 @@ Be sure to go through on the following checklist:
 #. Upload C# packages
 #. Update conda recipes
 #. Upload wheels/sdist to pypi
-#. Publish Maven artifacts
 #. Update R packages
 #. Update vcpkg port
 #. Update Conan recipe
@@ -532,15 +517,6 @@ Be sure to go through on the following checklist:
       # dev/release/post-11-python.sh 10.0.0
       dev/release/post-11-python.sh <version>
 
-.. dropdown:: Publish Maven packages
-   :animate: fade-in-slide-down
-   :class-title: sd-fs-5
-   :class-container: sd-shadow-md
-
-   - Logon to the Apache repository: https://repository.apache.org/#stagingRepositories
-   - Select the Arrow staging repository you created for RC: ``orgapachearrow-XXXX``
-   - Click the ``release`` button
-
 .. dropdown:: Update R packages
    :animate: fade-in-slide-down
    :class-title: sd-fs-5