diff --git a/pkgs/servers/zookeeper/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/zookeeper/default.nix
index becd765fd8de..78ee5c34007b 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/zookeeper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/zookeeper/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, jre, makeWrapper, bash, coreutils }:
-
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, jdk11_headless, makeWrapper, bash, coreutils }:
+let
+  # Latest supported LTS JDK for Zookeeper 3.6:
+  # https://zookeeper.apache.org/doc/r3.6.3/zookeeperAdmin.html#sc_requiredSoftware
+  jre = jdk11_headless;
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "zookeeper";
   version = "3.6.3";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6b19e97f089b..d443f88150c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21578,9 +21578,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   xinetd = callPackage ../servers/xinetd { };
 
-  zookeeper = callPackage ../servers/zookeeper {
-    jre = jre8; # TODO: remove override https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/89731
-  };
+  zookeeper = callPackage ../servers/zookeeper { };
 
   zookeeper_mt = callPackage ../development/libraries/zookeeper_mt { };