diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/Console.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/Console.java
index 0aa12bdf4c8b5..b062ec4ef5d7f 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/Console.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/Console.java
@@ -614,27 +614,12 @@ private static UnsupportedOperationException newUnsupportedOperationException()
                 "Console class itself does not provide implementation");
     }
 
-    private static native String encoding();
     private static final boolean istty = istty();
     static final Charset CHARSET;
     static {
-        Charset cs = null;
-
-        if (istty) {
-            String csname = encoding();
-            if (csname == null) {
-                csname = GetPropertyAction.privilegedGetProperty("stdout.encoding");
-            }
-            if (csname != null) {
-                cs = Charset.forName(csname, null);
-            }
-        }
-        if (cs == null) {
-            cs = Charset.forName(StaticProperty.nativeEncoding(),
-                    Charset.defaultCharset());
-        }
-
-        CHARSET = cs;
+        CHARSET = Charset.forName(GetPropertyAction.privilegedGetProperty("stdout.encoding"),
+                                  Charset.forName(StaticProperty.nativeEncoding(),
+                                                  Charset.defaultCharset()));
 
         cons = instantiateConsole();
 
diff --git a/src/java.base/unix/native/libjava/Console_md.c b/src/java.base/unix/native/libjava/Console_md.c
index e5b760a149972..1e71ab3a6b20a 100644
--- a/src/java.base/unix/native/libjava/Console_md.c
+++ b/src/java.base/unix/native/libjava/Console_md.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2024, 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
@@ -36,9 +36,3 @@ Java_java_io_Console_istty(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls)
 {
     return isatty(fileno(stdin)) && isatty(fileno(stdout));
 }
-
-JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL
-Java_java_io_Console_encoding(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls)
-{
-    return NULL;
-}
diff --git a/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/Console_md.c b/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/Console_md.c
index 9423f7d9e318f..f73e62f8e2603 100644
--- a/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/Console_md.c
+++ b/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/Console_md.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2024, 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
@@ -49,17 +49,3 @@ Java_java_io_Console_istty(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls)
 
     return JNI_TRUE;
 }
-
-JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL
-Java_java_io_Console_encoding(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls)
-{
-    char buf[64];
-    int cp = GetConsoleCP();
-    if (cp >= 874 && cp <= 950)
-        snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "ms%d", cp);
-    else if (cp == 65001)
-        snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "UTF-8");
-    else
-        snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "cp%d", cp);
-    return JNU_NewStringPlatform(env, buf);
-}