diff --git a/Dockerfile.openj9 b/Dockerfile.openj9
index 3af2f0c..2710b4c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.openj9
+++ b/Dockerfile.openj9
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ COPY --from=build /app/build/libs/piped-1.0-all.jar /app/piped.jar
 
 COPY VERSION .
 
-RUN /bin/bash -c 'java -Xshareclasses:allowClasspaths -Xquickstart -jar /app/piped.jar &' ; sleep 30 ; pkill java
-
 EXPOSE 8080
 
 CMD java -server -Xmx1G -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+OptimizeStringConcat -XX:+UseStringDeduplication -XX:+UseCompressedOops -XX:+UseNUMA -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:-UseBiasedLocking -Xshareclasses:allowClasspaths -Xtune:virtualized -jar /app/piped.jar
diff --git a/Dockerfile.openj9.ci b/Dockerfile.openj9.ci
index 2518a08..bc26439 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.openj9.ci
+++ b/Dockerfile.openj9.ci
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ COPY ./piped.jar /app/piped.jar
 
 COPY VERSION .
 
-RUN /bin/bash -c 'java -Xshareclasses:allowClasspaths -Xquickstart -jar /app/piped.jar &' ; sleep 30 ; pkill java
-
 EXPOSE 8080
 
 CMD java -server -Xmx1G -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+OptimizeStringConcat -XX:+UseStringDeduplication -XX:+UseCompressedOops -XX:+UseNUMA -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:-UseBiasedLocking -Xshareclasses:allowClasspaths -Xtune:virtualized -jar /app/piped.jar