diff --git a/gnu/packages/java.scm b/gnu/packages/java.scm
index 226fb88d7b..2fad09750a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/java.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/java.scm
@@ -2246,38 +2246,6 @@ Main-Class: org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.Main\n"
     (description "This package provides the Eclipse Java core batch compiler.")
     (license license:epl1.0)))
 
-;; This is needed for java-cisd-args4j
-(define-public java-ecj-3.5
-  (package (inherit java-ecj-3)
-    (version "3.5.1")
-    (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch/zipbomb)
-              (uri (string-append "http://archive.eclipse.org/eclipse/"
-                                  "downloads/drops/R-" version
-                                  "-200909170800/ecjsrc-" version ".zip"))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "1vnl2mavisc567bip736xzsvvbjif5279wc4a7pbdik5wlir8qr7"))))
-    (build-system ant-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     `(#:tests? #f ; none included
-       #:jdk ,icedtea-7 ; doesn't build with JDK8+
-       #:build-target "build"
-       #:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (add-after 'unpack 'fix-manifest
-           (lambda _
-             ;; Record the main class to make ecj executable.
-             (with-atomic-file-replacement "META-INF/MANIFEST.MF"
-               (lambda (in out)
-                 (dump-port in out)
-                 (display "Main-Class: org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.Main\n"
-                          out)))
-             #t))
-         (replace 'install (install-jars ".")))))
-    (native-inputs
-     (list unzip))))
-
 (define-public java-ecj
   (package (inherit java-ecj-3)
            (version "4.6.3")