diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/SetClassPathSystemPropBuildItem.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/SetClassPathSystemPropBuildItem.java
index 7461e22f7a73f..e22770f0fc4ee 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/SetClassPathSystemPropBuildItem.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/SetClassPathSystemPropBuildItem.java
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
  * This system property is used in rare by libraries (Truffle for example) to create their own ClassLoaders.
  * The value of the system property is simply best effort, as there is no way to faithfully represent
  * the Quarkus ClassLoader hierarchies in a system property value.
+ *
+ * @deprecated This was initially added to support Truffle, but it is no longer needed so the build item should not be used
  */
+@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
 public final class SetClassPathSystemPropBuildItem extends MultiBuildItem {
 }
diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/steps/ClassPathSystemPropBuildStep.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/steps/ClassPathSystemPropBuildStep.java
index dccb19214baec..d34385c4ac233 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/steps/ClassPathSystemPropBuildStep.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/steps/ClassPathSystemPropBuildStep.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
-import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildProducer;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildStep;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.ExecutionTime;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.Record;
@@ -15,17 +14,9 @@
 import io.quarkus.maven.dependency.ResolvedDependency;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.ClassPathSystemPropertyRecorder;
 
+@SuppressWarnings("removal")
 public class ClassPathSystemPropBuildStep {
 
-    @BuildStep
-    public void produce(BuildProducer<SetClassPathSystemPropBuildItem> producer, CurateOutcomeBuildItem curateOutcome) {
-        boolean truffleUsed = curateOutcome.getApplicationModel().getDependencies().stream()
-                .anyMatch(d -> d.getGroupId().equals("org.graalvm.polyglot"));
-        if (truffleUsed) {
-            producer.produce(new SetClassPathSystemPropBuildItem());
-        }
-    }
-
     @BuildStep
     @Record(ExecutionTime.STATIC_INIT)
     public void set(List<SetClassPathSystemPropBuildItem> setCPItems,