diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e8fdd29..150ff5f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ Supported aliases are:
  * `openjdk7`
  * `openjdk6` or `jdk6`
  * `ibmjava8` or `ibmjdk8`
- * `ibmjava9` or `ibmjdk9`
 
 Sun JDK 6 will be EOL in November 2012 and is not supported. Ubuntu 12.04 and next Fedora release
 both will use OpenJDK 7 by default. Time to upgrade, JDK 7 is backwards compatible and packed with
diff --git a/jdk_switcher.sh b/jdk_switcher.sh
index a81106b..76aedac 100644
--- a/jdk_switcher.sh
+++ b/jdk_switcher.sh
@@ -58,13 +58,6 @@ if [[ -d "/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-ibm-${ARCH_SUFFIX}" ]]; then
     IBMJAVA8_JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-ibm-${ARCH_SUFFIX}"
 fi
 
-IBMJAVA9_UJA_ALIAS="java-9-ibm"
-IBMJAVA9_JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-9-ibm"
-if [[ -d "/usr/lib/jvm/java-9-ibm-${ARCH_SUFFIX}" ]]; then
-    IBMJAVA9_UJA_ALIAS="java-9-ibm-${ARCH_SUFFIX}"
-    IBMJAVA9_JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-9-ibm-${ARCH_SUFFIX}"
-fi
-
 for config_file in /etc/default/jdk-switcher "${HOME}/.jdk_switcherrc" "${JDK_SWITCHER_CONFIG}"; do
     if [[ -f "${config_file}" ]]; then
         # shellcheck source=/dev/null
@@ -114,12 +107,6 @@ switch_to_ibmjava8() {
     export JAVA_HOME="$IBMJAVA8_JAVA_HOME"
 }
 
-switch_to_ibmjava9() {
-    echo "Switching to IBM JAVA9 ($IBMJAVA9_UJA_ALIAS), JAVA_HOME will be set to $IBMJAVA9_JAVA_HOME"
-    sudo "${UJA}" --set "$IBMJAVA9_UJA_ALIAS"
-    export JAVA_HOME="$IBMJAVA9_JAVA_HOME"
-}
-
 print_home_of_openjdk6() {
     echo "$OPENJDK6_JAVA_HOME"
 }
@@ -148,10 +135,6 @@ print_home_of_ibmjava8() {
     echo "$IBMJAVA8_JAVA_HOME"
 }
 
-print_home_of_ibmjava9() {
-    echo "$IBMJAVA9_JAVA_HOME"
-}
-
 warn_sunjdk6_eol() {
     echo "Sun/Oracle JDK 6 is EOL since November 2012, and is no longer supported. Please consider upgrading..." >&2
 }
@@ -195,9 +178,6 @@ switch_jdk() {
         ibmjava8 | ibmjava1.8 | ibmjava1.8.0 | ibmjdk8 | ibmjdk1.8 | ibmjdk1.8.0 | ibm8 | ibm1.8.0 | ibm8.0)
             switch_to_ibmjava8
             ;;
-        ibmjava9 | ibmjava1.9 | ibmjava1.9.0 | ibmjdk9 | ibmjdk1.9 | ibmjdk1.9.0 | ibm9 | ibm1.9.0 | ibm9.0)
-            switch_to_ibmjava9
-            ;;
         default)
             "switch_to_${JDK_SWITCHER_DEFAULT}"
             ;;
@@ -240,9 +220,6 @@ print_java_home() {
         ibmjava8 | ibmjava1.8 | ibmjava1.8.0 | ibmjdk8 | ibmjdk1.8 | ibmjdk1.8.0 | ibm8 | ibm1.8.0 | ibm8.0)
             print_home_of_ibmjava8
             ;;
-        ibmjava9 | ibmjava1.9 | ibmjava1.9.0 | ibmjdk9 | ibmjdk1.9 | ibmjdk1.9.0 | ibm9 | ibm1.9.0 | ibm9.0)
-            print_home_of_ibmjava9
-            ;;
         default)
             "print_home_of_${JDK_SWITCHER_DEFAULT}"
             ;;