diff --git a/.github/workflows/sonar-scanner.yml b/.github/workflows/sonar-scanner.yml
index 1a43c471c..6df6b7812 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sonar-scanner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sonar-scanner.yml
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ jobs:
           # Disabling shallow clone is recommended for improving relevancy of reporting
           fetch-depth: 0
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Set up JDK 17 (Sonar Scanner)
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3 # The setup-java action provides the functionality for GitHub Actions runners for Downloading and setting up a requested version of Java
-        with:
-          java-version: 17
-          distribution: "temurin"  
       - name:  Install sonar-scanner and build-wrapper
         uses: sonarsource/sonarcloud-github-c-cpp@v2
       - name: Run install_dependencies.sh script