diff --git a/distribution/tools/launchers/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/tools/launchers/SystemJvmOptions.java b/distribution/tools/launchers/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/tools/launchers/SystemJvmOptions.java
index b0b55b6379f..80903a040c0 100644
--- a/distribution/tools/launchers/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/tools/launchers/SystemJvmOptions.java
+++ b/distribution/tools/launchers/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/tools/launchers/SystemJvmOptions.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ final class SystemJvmOptions {
              * Due to internationalization enhancements in JDK 9 Elasticsearch need to set the provider to COMPAT otherwise time/date
              * parsing will break in an incompatible way for some date patterns and locales.
              */
-            "-Djava.locale.providers=SPI,COMPAT"));
+            "-Djava.locale.providers=COMPAT"));
     }
 
 }