diff --git a/codebuild/release/release.yml b/codebuild/release/release.yml
index 28e88665a..e4042b4ed 100644
--- a/codebuild/release/release.yml
+++ b/codebuild/release/release.yml
@@ -22,19 +22,9 @@ batch:
         JAVA_NUMERIC_VERSION: 8
       image: aws/codebuild/standard:3.0
 
-  - identifier: validate_staging_release_openjdk11
-    depend-on:
-      - validate_staging_release_openjdk8
-    buildspec: codebuild/release/validate-staging.yml
-    env:
-      variables:
-        JAVA_ENV_VERSION: openjdk11
-        JAVA_NUMERIC_VERSION: 11
-      image: aws/codebuild/standard:3.0
-
   - identifier: validate_staging_release_corretto8
     depend-on:
-      - validate_staging_release_openjdk11
+      - validate_staging_release_openjdk8
     buildspec: codebuild/release/validate-staging.yml
     env:
       variables: