diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 8a614bc147..e5bcdf7e4b 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             java -version
             sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove java-common
-            sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
-            sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openjdk-r/ppa
+            sudo apt-get update
             sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk
             java -version
       - run: