diff --git a/make/Global.gmk b/make/Global.gmk
index b41c4051cfa..e5e76b475b9 100644
--- a/make/Global.gmk
+++ b/make/Global.gmk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2012, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2012, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ help:
 	$(info $(_) make docs              # Create all docs)
 	$(info $(_) make docs-jdk-api      # Create just JDK javadocs)
 	$(info $(_) make bootcycle-images  # Build images twice, second time with newly built JDK)
-	$(info $(_) make install           # Install the generated images locally)
 	$(info $(_) make check             # Run basic testing (currently tier1))
 	$(info $(_) make test-<test>       # Run test, e.g. test-tier1)
 	$(info $(_) make test TEST=<t>     # Run test(s) given by TEST specification)
diff --git a/make/Install.gmk b/make/Install.gmk
deleted file mode 100644
index bfe989ffe31..00000000000
--- a/make/Install.gmk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2014, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
-# DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
-#
-# This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-# under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
-# published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
-# particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
-# by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
-#
-# This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
-# version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
-# accompanied this code).
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
-# 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
-# Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
-#
-# Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
-# or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
-# questions.
-#
-
-default: install
-
-include $(SPEC)
-
-BINARIES := $(notdir $(wildcard $(JDK_IMAGE_DIR)/bin/*))
-INSTALLDIR := openjdk-$(VERSION_SHORT)
-
-# Install the jdk image, in a very crude way. Not taking into
-# account, how to install properly on macosx or windows etc.
-install:
-	echo Installing jdk image into $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/jvm/$(INSTALLDIR)
-	echo and creating $(words $(BINARIES)) links from $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/bin into the jdk.
-	$(MKDIR) -p $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/jvm/$(INSTALLDIR)
-	$(RM) -r $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/jvm/$(INSTALLDIR)/*
-	$(CP) -rp $(JDK_IMAGE_DIR)/* $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/jvm/$(INSTALLDIR)
-	$(MKDIR) -p $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/bin
-	$(RM) $(addprefix $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/bin/, $(BINARIES))
-	$(foreach b, $(BINARIES), $(LN) -s $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/jvm/$(INSTALLDIR)/bin/$b $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/bin/$b &&) true
diff --git a/make/Main.gmk b/make/Main.gmk
index 18174168677..e904235ff3f 100644
--- a/make/Main.gmk
+++ b/make/Main.gmk
@@ -866,14 +866,6 @@ ifeq ($(JCOV_ENABLED), true)
   ))
 endif
 
-################################################################################
-# Install targets
-
-$(eval $(call SetupTarget, install, \
-    MAKEFILE := Install, \
-    DEPS := product-images, \
-))
-
 ################################################################################
 #
 # Dependency declarations between targets.
diff --git a/make/autoconf/spec.gmk.in b/make/autoconf/spec.gmk.in
index 26b7d3ec958..953b58a7b78 100644
--- a/make/autoconf/spec.gmk.in
+++ b/make/autoconf/spec.gmk.in
@@ -823,57 +823,6 @@ UCRT_DLL_DIR := @UCRT_DLL_DIR@
 ENABLE_PANDOC := @ENABLE_PANDOC@
 PANDOC_MARKDOWN_FLAG := @PANDOC_MARKDOWN_FLAG@
 
-####################################################
-#
-# INSTALLATION
-#
-
-# Common prefix for all installed files. Defaults to /usr/local,
-# but /opt/myjdk is another common version.
-INSTALL_PREFIX = @prefix@
-
-# Directories containing architecture-dependent files should be relative to exec_prefix
-INSTALL_EXECPREFIX = @exec_prefix@
-
-# java,javac,javap etc are installed here.
-INSTALL_BINDIR = @bindir@
-
-# Read only architecture-independent data
-INSTALL_DATADIR = @datadir@
-
-# Root of above.
-INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR = @datarootdir@
-
-# Doc files, other than info and man.
-INSTALL_DOCDIR = @docdir@
-
-# Html documentation
-INSTALL_HTMLDIR = @htmldir@
-
-# Installing C header files, JNI headers for example.
-INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR = @includedir@
-
-# Installing library files....
-INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR = @libdir@
-
-# Executables that other programs run.
-INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR = @libexecdir@
-
-# Locale-dependent but architecture-independent data, such as message catalogs.
-INSTALL_LOCALEDIR = @localedir@
-
-# Modifiable single-machine data
-INSTALL_LOCALSTATEDIR = @localstatedir@
-
-# Man pages
-INSTALL_MANDIR = @mandir@
-
-# Modifiable architecture-independent data.
-INSTALL_SHAREDSTATEDIR = @sharedstatedir@
-
-# Read-only single-machine data
-INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR = @sysconfdir@
-
 ####################################################
 #
 # Libraries