diff --git a/deploy/docker/base-java/Dockerfile b/deploy/docker/base-java/Dockerfile
index 7b2dffbc6cd..4186059c9e5 100644
--- a/deploy/docker/base-java/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/docker/base-java/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ RUN set -eux; \
     apt-get update && \
     apt-get dist-upgrade -y --no-install-recommends && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        # curl required for historical reasons, see https://github.com/adoptium/containers/issues/255
-        curl \
         # java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: libfontmanager.so: libfreetype.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
         # java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class sun.awt.X11FontManager
         # https://github.com/docker-library/openjdk/pull/235#issuecomment-424466077