diff --git a/android/config.go b/android/config.go
index b415443..8330b3d 100644
--- a/android/config.go
+++ b/android/config.go
@@ -108,8 +108,7 @@
 	captureBuild      bool // true for tests, saves build parameters for each module
 	ignoreEnvironment bool // true for tests, returns empty from all Getenv calls
 
-	useOpenJDK9    bool // Use OpenJDK9, but possibly target 1.8
-	targetOpenJDK9 bool // Use OpenJDK9 and target 1.9
+	targetOpenJDK9 bool // Target 1.9
 
 	stopBefore bootstrap.StopBefore
 
@@ -321,20 +320,13 @@
 
 func (c *config) fromEnv() error {
 	switch c.Getenv("EXPERIMENTAL_USE_OPENJDK9") {
-	case "":
-		// Use OpenJDK9, but target 1.8
-		c.useOpenJDK9 = true
-	case "false":
-		// Use OpenJDK8
-	case "1.8":
-		// Use OpenJDK9, but target 1.8
-		c.useOpenJDK9 = true
+	case "", "1.8":
+		// Nothing, we always use OpenJDK9
 	case "true":
 		// Use OpenJDK9 and target 1.9
-		c.useOpenJDK9 = true
 		c.targetOpenJDK9 = true
 	default:
-		return fmt.Errorf(`Invalid value for EXPERIMENTAL_USE_OPENJDK9, should be "", "false", "1.8", or "true"`)
+		return fmt.Errorf(`Invalid value for EXPERIMENTAL_USE_OPENJDK9, should be "", "1.8", or "true"`)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -633,11 +625,6 @@
 	return c.IsEnvTrue("RUN_ERROR_PRONE")
 }
 
-// Returns true if OpenJDK9 prebuilts are being used
-func (c *config) UseOpenJDK9() bool {
-	return c.useOpenJDK9
-}
-
 // Returns true if -source 1.9 -target 1.9 is being passed to javac
 func (c *config) TargetOpenJDK9() bool {
 	return c.targetOpenJDK9