diff --git a/java_micronaut_bench/Dockerfile b/java_micronaut_bench/Dockerfile
index f176eb6b..4fa2f057 100644
--- a/java_micronaut_bench/Dockerfile
+++ b/java_micronaut_bench/Dockerfile
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ COPY proto/helloworld/helloworld.proto /app/src/main/proto/helloworld.proto
 
 RUN /app/gradlew installDist
 
-ENV PGC "-XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:ParallelGCThreads=1"
-ENV JAVA_OPTS "${PGC} -XX:MinRAMPercentage=70 -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=70"
+ENV JAVA_OPTS "-XX:MinRAMPercentage=70 -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=70"
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/app/build/install/app/bin/app"]