diff --git a/distribution/src/config/jvm.options b/distribution/src/config/jvm.options
index 2b30d6a87b4a1..58fe4721723a6 100644
--- a/distribution/src/config/jvm.options
+++ b/distribution/src/config/jvm.options
@@ -117,6 +117,3 @@ ${error.file}
 # due to internationalization enhancements in JDK 9 Elasticsearch need to set the provider to COMPAT otherwise
 # time/date parsing will break in an incompatible way for some date patterns and locals
 9-:-Djava.locale.providers=COMPAT
-
-# temporary workaround for C2 bug with JDK 10 on hardware with AVX-512
-10-:-XX:UseAVX=2