diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/net/util/SocketExceptions.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/net/util/SocketExceptions.java
index ee70c58b9ba0a..1198898edcb3f 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/net/util/SocketExceptions.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/net/util/SocketExceptions.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2018, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 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
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.UnixDomainSocketAddress;
 import java.net.SocketAddress;
-import java.security.AccessController;
-import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
 
 import sun.security.util.SecurityProperties;
 
@@ -83,22 +81,16 @@ private static IOException ofUnixDomain(IOException e, UnixDomainSocketAddress a
     // return a new instance of the same type with the given detail
     // msg, or if the type doesn't support detail msgs, return given
     // instance.
-
-    @SuppressWarnings("removal")
-    private static IOException create(IOException e, String msg) {
-        return AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<IOException>() {
-            public IOException run() {
-                try {
-                    Class<?> clazz = e.getClass();
-                    Constructor<?> ctor = clazz.getConstructor(String.class);
-                    IOException e1 = (IOException)(ctor.newInstance(msg));
-                    e1.setStackTrace(e.getStackTrace());
-                    return e1;
-                } catch (Exception e0) {
-                    // Some eg AsynchronousCloseException have no detail msg
-                    return e;
-                }
-            }
-        });
+    private static IOException create(final IOException e, final String msg) {
+        try {
+            Class<?> clazz = e.getClass();
+            Constructor<?> ctor = clazz.getConstructor(String.class);
+            IOException e1 = (IOException)(ctor.newInstance(msg));
+            e1.setStackTrace(e.getStackTrace());
+            return e1;
+        } catch (Exception e0) {
+            // Some eg AsynchronousCloseException have no detail msg
+            return e;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/jar/URLJarFile.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/jar/URLJarFile.java
index 8690ed34e1295..b3d4a2231964b 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/jar/URLJarFile.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/jar/URLJarFile.java
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.security.CodeSigner;
 import java.security.cert.Certificate;
-import java.security.AccessController;
-import java.security.PrivilegedExceptionAction;
-import java.security.PrivilegedActionException;
 import sun.net.www.ParseUtil;
 
 /* URL jar file is a common JarFile subtype used for JarURLConnection */
@@ -159,39 +156,26 @@ private synchronized boolean isSuperMan() throws IOException {
      * Given a URL, retrieves a JAR file, caches it to disk, and creates a
      * cached JAR file object.
      */
-    @SuppressWarnings("removal")
     private static JarFile retrieve(final URL url, final URLJarFileCloseController closeController) throws IOException {
-        JarFile result = null;
         Runtime.Version version = "runtime".equals(url.getRef())
                 ? JarFile.runtimeVersion()
                 : JarFile.baseVersion();
-
-        /* get the stream before asserting privileges */
         try (final InputStream in = url.openConnection().getInputStream()) {
-            result = AccessController.doPrivileged(
-                new PrivilegedExceptionAction<>() {
-                    public JarFile run() throws IOException {
-                        Path tmpFile = Files.createTempFile("jar_cache", null);
-                        try {
-                            Files.copy(in, tmpFile, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
-                            JarFile jarFile = new URLJarFile(tmpFile.toFile(), closeController, version);
-                            tmpFile.toFile().deleteOnExit();
-                            return jarFile;
-                        } catch (Throwable thr) {
-                            try {
-                                Files.delete(tmpFile);
-                            } catch (IOException ioe) {
-                                thr.addSuppressed(ioe);
-                            }
-                            throw thr;
-                        }
-                    }
-                });
-        } catch (PrivilegedActionException pae) {
-            throw (IOException) pae.getException();
+            Path tmpFile = Files.createTempFile("jar_cache", null);
+            try {
+                Files.copy(in, tmpFile, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
+                JarFile jarFile = new URLJarFile(tmpFile.toFile(), closeController, version);
+                tmpFile.toFile().deleteOnExit();
+                return jarFile;
+            } catch (Throwable thr) {
+                try {
+                    Files.delete(tmpFile);
+                } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                    thr.addSuppressed(ioe);
+                }
+                throw thr;
+            }
         }
-
-        return result;
     }
 
     private class URLJarFileEntry extends JarEntry {