diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
index eb28146b09f1..777e5148e401 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ buildFun:
 with lib;
 
 let
-  jre = jre8; # TODO: remove override https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/89731
   python2WithPackages = python2.withPackages(ps: with ps; [
     ply jinja2 setuptools
   ]);
@@ -152,7 +151,6 @@ let
       libXScrnSaver libXcursor libXtst libxshmfence libGLU libGL
       mesa # required for libgbm
       pciutils protobuf speechd libXdamage at-spi2-core
-      jre
       pipewire
       libva
       libdrm wayland mesa.drivers libxkbcommon
@@ -167,7 +165,6 @@ let
       ./patches/widevine-79.patch # For bundling Widevine (DRM), might be replaceable via bundle_widevine_cdm=true in gnFlags
       # Fix the build by adding a missing dependency (s. https://crbug.com/1197837):
       ./patches/fix-missing-atspi2-dependency.patch
-      ./patches/closure_compiler-Use-the-Java-binary-from-the-system.patch
     ] ++ lib.optionals (versionRange "91" "94.0.4583.0") [
       # Required as dependency for the next patch:
       (githubPatch {
@@ -242,9 +239,10 @@ let
       sed -i -e 's,/usr,/run/current-system/sw,' chrome/common/chrome_paths.cc
 
       patchShebangs .
-      # use our own nodejs
+      # Link to our own Node.js and Java (required during the build):
       mkdir -p third_party/node/linux/node-linux-x64/bin
       ln -s "$(command -v node)" third_party/node/linux/node-linux-x64/bin/node
+      ln -s "${jre8}/bin/java" third_party/jdk/current/bin/
 
       # Allow building against system libraries in official builds
       sed -i 's/OFFICIAL_BUILD/GOOGLE_CHROME_BUILD/' tools/generate_shim_headers/generate_shim_headers.py
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/patches/closure_compiler-Use-the-Java-binary-from-the-system.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/patches/closure_compiler-Use-the-Java-binary-from-the-system.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f6b10b679c7a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/patches/closure_compiler-Use-the-Java-binary-from-the-system.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-From e031b8be0fb2a22f953c034cdf08ca9befe130d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Michael Weiss <dev.primeos@gmail.com>
-Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 18:05:12 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] closure_compiler: Use the Java binary from the system
-
-The bundled Java binary (third_party/jdk/current/bin/java) is missing in
-the tarball and we want to use the one from the system anyway.
-This reverts part of [0].
-
-[0]: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/2778794
----
- third_party/closure_compiler/compiler.py | 3 +--
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/third_party/closure_compiler/compiler.py b/third_party/closure_compiler/compiler.py
-index 75690ceb9749..7b9c76f74290 100755
---- a/third_party/closure_compiler/compiler.py
-+++ b/third_party/closure_compiler/compiler.py
-@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ import subprocess
- 
- 
- _CURRENT_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__))
--_JAVA_PATH = os.path.join(_CURRENT_DIR, "..", "jdk", "current", "bin", "java")
--assert os.path.isfile(_JAVA_PATH), "java only allowed in android builds"
-+_JAVA_PATH = "java"
- 
- class Compiler(object):
-   """Runs the Closure compiler on given source files to typecheck them
--- 
-2.20.1
-