diff --git a/build-farm/make-adopt-build-farm.sh b/build-farm/make-adopt-build-farm.sh
index 06b4b4271..214d5a379 100755
--- a/build-farm/make-adopt-build-farm.sh
+++ b/build-farm/make-adopt-build-farm.sh
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ then
     # which is only available from jdk-19 so we cannot bootstrap with JDK18
     JDK_BOOT_VERSION="19"
   fi
+  if [ "${JAVA_FEATURE_VERSION}" == "8" ]; then
+     # Reduce external dependencies and use Adoptium builds if present
+    JDK_BOOT_VERSION="8"
+  fi
 fi
 echo "Required boot JDK version: ${JDK_BOOT_VERSION}"