diff --git a/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/util/Utilities.java b/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/util/Utilities.java
index 3744d97bb3..4c8f5e8190 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/util/Utilities.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/util/Utilities.java
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ import javafx.scene.input.KeyEvent;
 import javax.crypto.Cipher;
 
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
-import java.security.Permission;
-import java.security.PermissionCollection;
 
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
@@ -67,7 +65,6 @@ import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Locale;
-import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
@@ -79,9 +76,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
-
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -552,56 +546,6 @@ public class Utilities {
         return collection.stream().map(Object::toString).collect(Collectors.joining(","));
     }
 
-    public static void removeCryptographyRestrictions() {
-        if (!isRestrictedCryptography()) {
-            System.out.println("Cryptography restrictions removal not needed");
-            return;
-        }
-        try {
-            /*
-             * Do the following, but with reflection to bypass access checks:
-             *
-             * JceSecurity.isRestricted = false;
-             * JceSecurity.defaultPolicy.perms.clear();
-             * JceSecurity.defaultPolicy.add(CryptoAllPermission.INSTANCE);
-             */
-            final Class<?> jceSecurity = Class.forName("javax.crypto.JceSecurity");
-            final Class<?> cryptoPermissions = Class.forName("javax.crypto.CryptoPermissions");
-            final Class<?> cryptoAllPermission = Class.forName("javax.crypto.CryptoAllPermission");
-
-            final Field isRestrictedField = jceSecurity.getDeclaredField("isRestricted");
-            isRestrictedField.setAccessible(true);
-            final Field modifiersField = Field.class.getDeclaredField("modifiers");
-            modifiersField.setAccessible(true);
-            modifiersField.setInt(isRestrictedField, isRestrictedField.getModifiers() & ~Modifier.FINAL);
-            isRestrictedField.set(null, false);
-
-            final Field defaultPolicyField = jceSecurity.getDeclaredField("defaultPolicy");
-            defaultPolicyField.setAccessible(true);
-            final PermissionCollection defaultPolicy = (PermissionCollection) defaultPolicyField.get(null);
-
-            final Field perms = cryptoPermissions.getDeclaredField("perms");
-            perms.setAccessible(true);
-            ((Map<?, ?>) perms.get(defaultPolicy)).clear();
-
-            final Field instance = cryptoAllPermission.getDeclaredField("INSTANCE");
-            instance.setAccessible(true);
-            defaultPolicy.add((Permission) instance.get(null));
-
-            System.out.println("Successfully removed cryptography restrictions");
-        } catch (final Exception e) {
-            System.err.println("Failed to remove cryptography restrictions" + e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static boolean isRestrictedCryptography() {
-        // This matches Oracle Java 7 and 8, but not Java 9 or OpenJDK.
-        final String name = System.getProperty("java.runtime.name");
-        final String ver = System.getProperty("java.version");
-        return name != null && name.equals("Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment")
-                && ver != null && (ver.startsWith("1.7") || ver.startsWith("1.8"));
-    }
-
     public static byte[] integerToByteArray(int intValue, int numBytes) {
         byte[] bytes = new byte[numBytes];
         for (int i = numBytes - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/app/BisqExecutable.java b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/app/BisqExecutable.java
index c2adbe7e2b..6cfd6f6d0d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/app/BisqExecutable.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/app/BisqExecutable.java
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@ import static java.lang.String.join;
 
 @Slf4j
 public abstract class BisqExecutable implements GracefulShutDownHandler {
-    static {
-        Utilities.removeCryptographyRestrictions();
-    }
 
     protected Injector injector;
     protected AppModule module;
diff --git a/relay/src/main/java/bisq/relay/RelayMain.java b/relay/src/main/java/bisq/relay/RelayMain.java
index e7c1cd01e0..15c3ea5994 100644
--- a/relay/src/main/java/bisq/relay/RelayMain.java
+++ b/relay/src/main/java/bisq/relay/RelayMain.java
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ public class RelayMain {
     static {
         // Need to set default locale initially otherwise we get problems at non-english OS
         Locale.setDefault(new Locale("en", Locale.getDefault().getCountry()));
-
-        Utilities.removeCryptographyRestrictions();
     }
 
     /**