diff --git a/src/java.desktop/unix/classes/sun/font/FcFontConfiguration.java b/src/java.desktop/unix/classes/sun/font/FcFontConfiguration.java
index 328e2454842..27d6773105e 100644
--- a/src/java.desktop/unix/classes/sun/font/FcFontConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/java.desktop/unix/classes/sun/font/FcFontConfiguration.java
@@ -317,42 +317,14 @@ public final class FcFontConfiguration extends FontConfiguration {
             return;
         }
         try {
-            File f;
-            if ((f = new File("/etc/lsb-release")).canRead()) {
-                    /* Ubuntu and (perhaps others) use only lsb-release.
-                     * Syntax and encoding is compatible with java properties.
-                     * For Ubuntu the ID is "Ubuntu".
-                     */
-                    Properties props = new Properties();
-                    try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(f)) {
-                        props.load(fis);
-                    }
-                    osName = extractInfo(props.getProperty("DISTRIB_ID"));
-                    osVersion = extractInfo(props.getProperty("DISTRIB_RELEASE"));
-            } else if ((f = new File("/etc/redhat-release")).canRead()) {
-                osName = "RedHat";
-                osVersion = getVersionString(f);
-            } else if ((f = new File("/etc/SuSE-release")).canRead()) {
-                osName = "SuSE";
-                osVersion = getVersionString(f);
-            } else if ((f = new File("/etc/turbolinux-release")).canRead()) {
-                osName = "Turbo";
-                osVersion = getVersionString(f);
-            } else if ((f = new File("/etc/fedora-release")).canRead()) {
-                osName = "Fedora";
-                osVersion = getVersionString(f);
-            } else if ((f = new File("/etc/os-release")).canRead()) {
+            File f = new File("/etc/os-release");
+            if (f.canRead()) {
                 Properties props = new Properties();
                 try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(f)) {
                     props.load(fis);
                 }
-                osName = extractInfo(props.getProperty("NAME"));
+                osName = extractInfo(props.getProperty("ID"));
                 osVersion = extractInfo(props.getProperty("VERSION_ID"));
-                if (osName.equals("SLES")) {
-                    osName = "SuSE";
-                } else {
-                    osName = extractInfo(props.getProperty("ID"));
-                }
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
             if (FontUtilities.debugFonts()) {
diff --git a/src/java.desktop/unix/classes/sun/font/MFontConfiguration.java b/src/java.desktop/unix/classes/sun/font/MFontConfiguration.java
index 3d7e68d8dea..f5a8fe8b3c0 100644
--- a/src/java.desktop/unix/classes/sun/font/MFontConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/java.desktop/unix/classes/sun/font/MFontConfiguration.java
@@ -91,42 +91,14 @@ public final class MFontConfiguration extends FontConfiguration {
 
         if (osName.equals("Linux")) {
             try {
-                File f;
-                if ((f = new File("/etc/fedora-release")).canRead()) {
-                    osName = "Fedora";
-                    osVersion = getVersionString(f);
-                } else if ((f = new File("/etc/redhat-release")).canRead()) {
-                    osName = "RedHat";
-                    osVersion = getVersionString(f);
-                } else if ((f = new File("/etc/turbolinux-release")).canRead()) {
-                    osName = "Turbo";
-                    osVersion = getVersionString(f);
-                } else if ((f = new File("/etc/SuSE-release")).canRead()) {
-                    osName = "SuSE";
-                    osVersion = getVersionString(f);
-                } else if ((f = new File("/etc/lsb-release")).canRead()) {
-                    /* Ubuntu and (perhaps others) use only lsb-release.
-                     * Syntax and encoding is compatible with java properties.
-                     * For Ubuntu the ID is "Ubuntu".
-                     */
+                File f = new File("/etc/os-release");
+                if (f.canRead()) {
                     Properties props = new Properties();
                     try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(f)) {
                         props.load(fis);
                     }
-                    osName = extractInfo(props.getProperty("DISTRIB_ID"));
-                    osVersion = extractInfo(props.getProperty("DISTRIB_RELEASE"));
-                } else if ((f = new File("/etc/os-release")).canRead()) {
-                    Properties props = new Properties();
-                    try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(f)) {
-                        props.load(fis);
-                    }
-                    osName = extractInfo(props.getProperty("NAME"));
+                    osName = extractInfo(props.getProperty("ID"));
                     osVersion = extractInfo(props.getProperty("VERSION_ID"));
-                    if (osName.equals("SLES")) {
-                        osName = "SuSE";
-                    } else {
-                        osName = extractInfo(props.getProperty("ID"));
-                    }
                 }
             } catch (Exception e) {
             }