diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/adoptopenjdk-bin/jdk11-darwin.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/adoptopenjdk-bin/jdk11-darwin.nix
index d1db77215d16..f9d4b81d989b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/adoptopenjdk-bin/jdk11-darwin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/adoptopenjdk-bin/jdk11-darwin.nix
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ in
   jdk-hotspot = import ./jdk-darwin-base.nix sources.openjdk11.mac.jdk.hotspot;
   jre-hotspot = import ./jdk-darwin-base.nix sources.openjdk11.mac.jre.hotspot;
   jdk-openj9 = import ./jdk-darwin-base.nix sources.openjdk11.mac.jdk.openj9;
-  jre-openj9 = import ./jdk-darwin-base.nix sources.openjdk11.mac.jre.openj9;
+  # openj9 jre builds are currently missing: https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk-build/issues/796
+  #jre-openj9 = import ./jdk-darwin-base.nix sources.openjdk11.mac.jre.openj9;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 933f83c90d2b..8e73eb71eced 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6557,9 +6557,12 @@ in
   adoptopenjdk-openj9-bin-11 = if stdenv.isLinux
     then callPackage adoptopenjdk-bin-11-packages-linux.jdk-openj9 {}
     else callPackage adoptopenjdk-bin-11-packages-darwin.jdk-openj9 {};
-  adoptopenjdk-jre-openj9-bin-11 = if stdenv.isLinux
-    then callPackage adoptopenjdk-bin-11-packages-linux.jre-openj9 {}
-    else callPackage adoptopenjdk-bin-11-packages-darwin.jre-openj9 {};
+
+  # openj9 jre builds for mac are currently missing (upstream)
+  #adoptopenjdk-jre-openj9-bin-11 = if stdenv.isLinux
+  #  then callPackage adoptopenjdk-bin-11-packages-linux.jre-openj9 {}
+  #  else callPackage adoptopenjdk-bin-11-packages-darwin.jre-openj9 {};
+  adoptopenjdk-jre-openj9-bin-11 = callPackage adoptopenjdk-bin-11-packages-linux.jre-openj9 {};
 
   adoptopenjdk-bin = adoptopenjdk-hotspot-bin-11;
   adoptopenjdk-jre-bin = adoptopenjdk-jre-hotspot-bin-11;