diff --git a/gradle.json b/gradle.json
index 7ad24854c1..25adbd1224 100644
--- a/gradle.json
+++ b/gradle.json
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
     "url": "https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.4-bin.zip",
     "extract_dir": "gradle-4.4",
     "bin": "bin\\gradle.bat",
-    "env_set": {
-        "GRADLE_HOME": "$dir"
-    },
     "suggest": {
         "JDK": [
             "extras/oraclejdk",