diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/JarResultBuildStep.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/JarResultBuildStep.java
index ad00129f0f466..8f18b874d6f2e 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/JarResultBuildStep.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/JarResultBuildStep.java
@@ -1011,7 +1011,6 @@ private NativeImageSourceJarBuildItem buildNativeImageThinJar(CurateOutcomeBuild
             removedArtifacts.add("org.graalvm.sdk:nativeimage");
             removedArtifacts.add("org.graalvm.sdk:word");
             removedArtifacts.add("org.graalvm.sdk:collections");
-            removedArtifacts.add("org.graalvm.polyglot:polyglot");
 
             doLegacyThinJarGeneration(curateOutcomeBuildItem, outputTargetBuildItem, transformedClasses,
                     applicationArchivesBuildItem, applicationInfo, packageConfig, generatedResources, libDir, allClasses,