diff --git a/htroot/Network.html b/htroot/Network.html
index 3a12d013a..daf1305e6 100644
--- a/htroot/Network.html
+++ b/htroot/Network.html
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ document.getElementById("apilink").setAttribute("href", "Network.xml?" + window.
         <td><strong>Received DHT<br/>Word Chunks</strong></td>
         <td><strong>Received<br/>URLs</strong></td>
         <td><strong>Location</strong><br/></td>
-        <td><strong>JRE</strong><br/></td>
         #(c)#::<td><strong>user agent<br/></strong></td>#(/c)#
         <td>send&nbsp;<strong>M</strong>essage/<br/>show&nbsp;<strong>P</strong>rofile/<br/>edit&nbsp;<strong>W</strong>iki/<br/>browse&nbsp;<strong>B</strong>log</td>
       </tr>
@@ -154,7 +153,6 @@ document.getElementById("apilink").setAttribute("href", "Network.xml?" + window.
         <td align="right">#[rI]#</td>
         <td align="right">#[rU]#</td>
         <td align="right">#[location]#</td>
-        <td align="right">#[jre]#</td>
         #(c)#::<td align="right">#[userAgent]#</td>#(/c)#
         <td><nobr>
           <a href="MessageSend_p.html?hash=#[hash]#" title="Send message to peer #[fullname]#">m</a>&nbsp;
diff --git a/htroot/Network.java b/htroot/Network.java
index 5e7c502c0..ee5539dd8 100644
--- a/htroot/Network.java
+++ b/htroot/Network.java
@@ -503,7 +503,6 @@ public class Network {
                             prop.putNum(STR_TABLE_LIST + conCount + "_rU", seed.getLong(Seed.URL_IN, 0));
                             prop.putNum(STR_TABLE_LIST + conCount + "_ppm", PPM);
                             prop.putNum(STR_TABLE_LIST + conCount + "_qph", Math.round(6000d * QPM) / 100d);
-                            prop.putHTML(STR_TABLE_LIST + conCount + "_jre", seed.get(Seed.JRE, ""));
                             conCount++;
                         } // seed != null
                     } // while
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/peers/Seed.java b/source/net/yacy/peers/Seed.java
index 0412a4043..b1703e246 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/peers/Seed.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/peers/Seed.java
@@ -186,9 +186,6 @@ public class Seed implements Cloneable, Comparable<Seed>, Comparator<Seed>
     /** the public IP of this peer (old field, will be used to carry the IPv4) */
     public static final String IP = "IP";
     
-    /** the jre version */
-    public static final String JRE = "JRE";
-    
     /** more public IPs of this peer, containing only IPv6 addresses. This list of of IPv6 addresses is separated with a vertical bar/pipe '|'.
      *  This list may have zero entries if the host does not have a IPv6 address. It may have more than one IPv6 address if the
      *  Host detects more than one public IPv6 locally but did not get a feedback from other peers if any of these addresses are
@@ -295,8 +292,6 @@ public class Seed implements Cloneable, Comparable<Seed>, Comparator<Seed>
         this.dna.put(Seed.UTC, GenericFormatter.UTCDiffString());
         this.dna.put(Seed.PEERTYPE, Seed.PEERTYPE_VIRGIN); // virgin/junior/senior/principal
 
-        String jre = System.getProperty("java.version");
-        this.dna.put(Seed.JRE, jre);
         this.birthdate = System.currentTimeMillis();
     }
 
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/peers/SeedDB.java b/source/net/yacy/peers/SeedDB.java
index 2ad44a912..52c5ef026 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/peers/SeedDB.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/peers/SeedDB.java
@@ -213,9 +213,6 @@ public final class SeedDB implements AlternativeDomainNames {
         }
         this.mySeed.setIPs(Switchboard.getSwitchboard().myPublicIPs());
         this.mySeed.put(Seed.PEERTYPE, Seed.PEERTYPE_VIRGIN); // markup startup condition
-
-        String jre = System.getProperty("java.version");
-        this.mySeed.put(Seed.JRE, jre);
     }
 
     public int redundancy() {