diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5aa3cff3..7632a050 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM adoptopenjdk/openjdk8-openj9:alpine
+FROM openjdk:8u212-jre-alpine
 
 LABEL maintainer "itzg"
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ WORKDIR /data
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/start" ]
 
 ENV UID=1000 GID=1000 \
-  MEMORY="1G" \
+  JVM_XX_OPTS="-XX:+UseG1GC" MEMORY="1G" \
   TYPE=VANILLA VERSION=LATEST FORGEVERSION=RECOMMENDED SPONGEBRANCH=STABLE SPONGEVERSION= FABRICVERSION=LATEST LEVEL=world \
   PVP=true DIFFICULTY=easy ENABLE_RCON=true RCON_PORT=25575 RCON_PASSWORD=minecraft \
   LEVEL_TYPE=DEFAULT GENERATOR_SETTINGS= WORLD= MODPACK= MODS= SERVER_PORT=25565 ONLINE_MODE=TRUE CONSOLE=true SERVER_NAME="Dedicated Server" \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 513d82c7..3329cf70 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1015,14 +1015,6 @@ via a `JVM_XX_OPTS` environment variable.
 For some cases, if e.g. after removing mods, it could be necessary to startup minecraft with an additional `-D` parameter like `-Dfml.queryResult=confirm`. To address this you can use the environment variable `JVM_DD_OPTS`, which builds the params from a given list of values separated by space, but without the `-D` prefix. To make things running under systems (e.g. Plesk), which doesn't allow `=` inside values, a `:` (colon) could be used instead. The upper example would look like this:
 `JVM_DD_OPTS=fml.queryResult:confirm`, and will be converted to `-Dfml.queryResult=confirm`. 
 
-The container uses [OpenJ9](https://www.eclipse.org/openj9/docs) and a couple of J9 options are
-simplified by environment variables:
-
-- `-e TUNE_VIRTUALIZED=TRUE` : enables the option to 
-  [optimize for virtualized environments](https://www.eclipse.org/openj9/docs/xtunevirtualized/)
-- `-e TUNE_NURSERY_SIZES=TRUE` : configures nursery sizes where the initial size is 50%
-  of the `MAX_MEMORY` and the max size is 80%.
-
 ### HTTP Proxy
 
 You may configure the use of an HTTP/HTTPS proxy by passing the proxy's URL via the `PROXY`
diff --git a/start-minecraftFinalSetup b/start-minecraftFinalSetup
index 6dccba6c..d848c6d4 100644
--- a/start-minecraftFinalSetup
+++ b/start-minecraftFinalSetup
@@ -84,23 +84,6 @@ if [ -n "$JVM_DD_OPTS" ]; then
       done
 fi
 
-if isTrue ${TUNE_VIRTUALIZED}; then
-  JVM_XX_OPTS="${JVM_XX_OPTS} -Xtune:virtualized"
-fi
-
-if isTrue ${TUNE_NURSERY_SIZES}; then
-  case ${MAX_MEMORY^^} in
-    *G)
-      MAX_MEMORY_MB=$(( ${MAX_MEMORY%?} * 1024 )) ;;
-    *M)
-      MAX_MEMORY_MB=${MAX_MEMORY%?} ;;
-  esac
-
-  NURSERY_MINIMUM=$(( ${MAX_MEMORY_MB} / 2 ))
-  NURSERY_MAXIMUM=$(( ${MAX_MEMORY_MB} * 4/5 ))
-  JVM_XX_OPTS="${JVM_XX_OPTS} -Xmns${NURSERY_MINIMUM}M -Xmnx${NURSERY_MAXIMUM}M"
-fi
-
 mcServerRunnerArgs="--stop-duration 60s"
 
 if [[ ${TYPE} == "FEED-THE-BEAST" ]]; then