diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/11.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/11.nix
index 820469ab8f15..95abb373272c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/11.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/11.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 , libXcursor, libXrandr, fontconfig, openjdk11-bootstrap
 , setJavaClassPath
 , headless ? false
-, enableJavaFX ? openjfx.meta.available, openjfx
+# disabled by default since openjfx11 depends on python2 (EOL)
+, enableJavaFX ? false, openjfx
 , enableGnome2 ? true, gtk3, gnome_vfs, glib, GConf
 }: