diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/scala-runners/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/scala-runners/default.nix
index d41ae17211e2..0f0de015af5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/scala-runners/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/scala-runners/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, jre, coursier }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, coursier }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "scala-runners";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3c2962b3c673..1354d819460b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12299,7 +12299,6 @@ with pkgs;
   scala = scala_2_13;
   scala-runners = callPackage ../development/compilers/scala-runners/default.nix {
     coursier = coursier.override { jre = jdk8; };
-    jre = jdk8;
   };
 
   metal = callPackage ../development/libraries/metal { };