diff --git a/java8/tasks/main.yml b/java8/tasks/main.yml
index f206b2f3..22107bd5 100644
--- a/java8/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/java8/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     name: openjdk-8-jre
     default_release: "{{ java8_apt_release }}"
     state: present
-  when: ansible_distribution_release == "jessie"
   tags:
     - java
     - packages