diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml
index 9e71f56af..626268214 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml
@@ -38,13 +38,7 @@ jobs:
     name: End-to-end tests java${{ matrix.java }}
     env:
       AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: eu-west-1
-
-      # If matrix.version is 21, use 17, otherwise use matrix.version
-      # This is because AspectJ does not yet support weaving with Java21; we want
-      # to test the Java21 runtime, but we can't yet use the JDK21 compiler.
-      # https://github.com/eclipse-aspectj/aspectj/issues/260#issuecomment-1815920274
-      JAVA_VERSION: ${{ (matrix.java == 21 && '17') || matrix.java }}
-      JAVA_LAMBDA_RUNTIME_VERSION: ${{ matrix.java }}
+      JAVA_VERSION: ${{ matrix.java }}
     permissions:
       id-token: write # needed to interact with GitHub's OIDC Token endpoint.
       contents: read
@@ -54,8 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@5ffc13f4174014e2d4d4572b3d74c3fa61aeb2c2 # v3.11.0
         with:
           distribution: 'corretto'
-          # See comment above on JAVA_VERSION env var
-          java-version: ${{ (matrix.java == 21 && '17') || matrix.java }}
+          java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
           cache: maven
       - name: Setup AWS credentials
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@5fd3084fc36e372ff1fff382a39b10d03659f355 # v2.2.0