diff --git a/build-farm/platform-specific-configurations/aix.sh b/build-farm/platform-specific-configurations/aix.sh
index 189c0a277..dd64525cb 100755
--- a/build-farm/platform-specific-configurations/aix.sh
+++ b/build-farm/platform-specific-configurations/aix.sh
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ then
     export PATH=/opt/freeware/bin:$JAVA_HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/IBM/xlC/16.1.0/bin:/opt/IBM/xlc/16.1.0/bin:$PATH
     export CC=xlclang
     export CXX=xlclang++
-    # J9 JDK13 will break with an error building against libdwarf without this at present
-    if [ "${VARIANT}" == "${BUILD_VARIANT_OPENJ9}" ]; then
-      export CONFIGURE_ARGS_FOR_ANY_PLATFORM="${CONFIGURE_ARGS_FOR_ANY_PLATFORM} --disable-ddr"
-    fi
   else
     export PATH=/opt/freeware/bin:$JAVA_HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/IBM/xlC/13.1.3/bin:/opt/IBM/xlc/13.1.3/bin:$PATH
   fi