--- a/build/build.xml	2020-01-17 17:20:35.000000000 +0100
+++ b/build/build.xml	2020-06-10 15:40:24.506176847 +0200
@@ -419,12 +419,6 @@
       <isset property="version" />
     </condition>
 
-    <!--<echo message="ref ignoreable? ${reference.ignorable}" />-->
-    <get src="http://download.processing.org/reference.zip"
-         dest="../java/reference.zip"
-         ignoreerrors="${reference.ignorable}"
-         usetimestamp="true" />
-
     <unzip dest="${target.path}/modes/java"
            src="../java/reference.zip"
            overwrite="false">
@@ -789,7 +783,7 @@
     <fail message="wrong platform (${os.name})" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="linux-build" depends="ignore-tools, check-linux-arm32, check-linux-arm64, revision-check, linux-check-os, jre-download, subprojects-build, subprojects-build-linux-arm32, subprojects-build-linux-arm64" description="Build Linux version">
+  <target name="linux-build" depends="ignore-tools, check-linux-arm32, check-linux-arm64, revision-check, linux-check-os, subprojects-build, subprojects-build-linux-arm32, subprojects-build-linux-arm64" description="Build Linux version">
     <mkdir dir="linux/work" />
 
     <copy todir="linux/work" preservelastmodified="true">
@@ -855,58 +849,6 @@
     <copy file="linux/processing-pde.xml" todir="linux/work/lib" />
     <copy file="linux/appdata.xml" todir="linux/work/lib" />
     <copy file="linux/desktop.template" todir="linux/work/lib" />
-
-<!--
-    Cannot use ant version of tar because it doesn't preserve properties.
-    <untar compression="gzip"
-           dest="linux/work"
-           src="linux/jre.tgz"
-           overwrite="false"/>
--->
-
-<!--
-    http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_section/transform.html
--->
-    <exec executable="tar" dir="linux">
-      <!-- Change directory -->
-      <!--
-      <arg value="-C" />
-      <arg value="linux/work" />
-      <arg value="-xzpf" />
-      -->
-      <arg value="xfz" />
-      <arg value="../${jre.tgz.path}"/>
-    </exec>
-
-    <!-- use the jre subfolder when having downloaded a JDK file -->
-    <condition property="jre.dir" value="jdk${jdk.esoteric}/jre">
-      <!-- property might not be set, but it is for arm -->
-      <equals arg1="${jre.download.jdk}" arg2="true" />
-    </condition>
-    <condition property="jre.dir" value="jre${jdk.esoteric}">
-      <not>
-        <equals arg1="${jre.download.jdk}" arg2="true" />
-      </not>
-    </condition>
-
-    <exec executable="rsync" dir="linux">
-      <arg value="-a" />
-      <arg value="--delete" />
-      <arg value="${jre.dir}/" />
-      <arg value="work/java/" />
-    </exec>
-
-    <delete dir="linux/jre${jdk.esoteric}" failonerror="false" />
-    <delete dir="linux/jdk${jdk.esoteric}" failonerror="false" />
-
-    <!-- Remove unused JRE bloat. -->
-    <delete failonerror="true">
-      <!--
-      <fileset refid="javafx-basics" />
-      <fileset refid="javafx-linux-${sun.arch.data.model}" />
-      -->
-      <fileset refid="jre-optional-linux" />
-    </delete>
   </target>
 
   <target name="linux-run" depends="linux-build"