diff --git a/conf/hbase-env.sh b/conf/hbase-env.sh
index de80e1ea22f..4d20dc62703 100644
--- a/conf/hbase-env.sh
+++ b/conf/hbase-env.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 # The java implementation to use.  Java 1.6 required.
 # export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.6.0/
-export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
 
 # Extra Java CLASSPATH elements.  Optional.
 # export HBASE_CLASSPATH=