diff --git a/java-client/build.gradle.kts b/java-client/build.gradle.kts
index b8f27f2506..1226b5060b 100644
--- a/java-client/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/java-client/build.gradle.kts
@@ -143,10 +143,6 @@ dependencies {
     // https://search.maven.org/artifact/com.google.code.findbugs/jsr305
     api("com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2")
 
-    // EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0
-    // https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jsonp
-    api("jakarta.json:jakarta.json-api:2.0.1")
-
     // Needed even if using Jackson to have an implementation of the Jsonp object model
     // EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0
     // https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/parsson