diff --git a/src/universal/bin/sbt b/src/universal/bin/sbt
index dbfcaec53..0fbabf171 100755
--- a/src/universal/bin/sbt
+++ b/src/universal/bin/sbt
@@ -185,21 +185,6 @@ addDefaultMemory() {
   fi
 }
 
-get_gc_opts () {
-  local older_than_9=$(( $java_version < 9 ))
-
-  if [[ "$older_than_9" == "1" ]]; then
-    # don't need to worry about gc
-    echo ""
-  elif [[ "${JAVA_OPTS}" =~ Use.*GC ]] || [[ "${JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS}" =~ Use.*GC ]] || [[ "${SBT_OPTS}" =~ Use.*GC ]] ; then
-    # GC arg has been passed in - don't change
-    echo ""
-  else
-    # Java 9+ so revert to old
-    echo "-XX:+UseParallelGC"
-  fi
-}
-
 require_arg () {
   local type="$1"
   local opt="$2"
@@ -381,7 +366,6 @@ run() {
   else
     # run sbt
     execRunner "$java_cmd" \
-      $(get_gc_opts) \
       "${java_args[@]}" \
       "${sbt_options[@]}" \
       -jar "$sbt_jar" \
diff --git a/src/universal/bin/sbt.bat b/src/universal/bin/sbt.bat
index ac5d33212..d8902fac5 100644
--- a/src/universal/bin/sbt.bat
+++ b/src/universal/bin/sbt.bat
@@ -198,13 +198,6 @@ if /I %JAVA_VERSION% GEQ 9 (
     "%_JAVACMD%" %_JAVA_OPTS% %SBT_OPTS% -jar "!rtexport!" "!java9_rt!"
   )
   set _JAVA_OPTS=!_JAVA_OPTS! -Dscala.ext.dirs="!java9_ext!"
-
-  rem check to see if a GC has been set in the opts
-  echo !_JAVA_OPTS! | findstr /r "Use.*GC" >nul
-  if ERRORLEVEL 1 (
-    rem don't have a GC set - revert to old GC
-    set _JAVA_OPTS=!_JAVA_OPTS! -XX:+UseParallelGC
-  )
 )
 exit /B 0