diff --git a/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/MenuComponent.java b/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/MenuComponent.java
index 1391a397f82..88ebbed96da 100644
--- a/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/MenuComponent.java
+++ b/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/MenuComponent.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1995, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1995, 2026, 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
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ import javax.accessibility.AccessibleState;
 import javax.accessibility.AccessibleStateSet;
 
 import sun.awt.AWTAccessor;
-import sun.awt.AppContext;
 import sun.awt.ComponentFactory;
 
 /**
@@ -60,12 +59,6 @@ public abstract class MenuComponent implements java.io.Serializable {
     transient volatile MenuComponentPeer peer;
     transient volatile MenuContainer parent;
 
-    /**
-     * The {@code AppContext} of the {@code MenuComponent}.
-     * This is set in the constructor and never changes.
-     */
-    private transient volatile AppContext appContext;
-
     /**
      * The menu component's font. This value can be
      * {@code null} at which point a default will be used.
@@ -116,15 +109,6 @@ public abstract class MenuComponent implements java.io.Serializable {
     static {
         AWTAccessor.setMenuComponentAccessor(
             new AWTAccessor.MenuComponentAccessor() {
-                @Override
-                public AppContext getAppContext(MenuComponent menuComp) {
-                    return menuComp.appContext;
-                }
-                @Override
-                public void setAppContext(MenuComponent menuComp,
-                                          AppContext appContext) {
-                    menuComp.appContext = appContext;
-                }
                 @Override
                 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                 public <T extends MenuComponentPeer> T getPeer(MenuComponent menuComp) {
@@ -154,7 +138,6 @@ public abstract class MenuComponent implements java.io.Serializable {
      */
     public MenuComponent() throws HeadlessException {
         GraphicsEnvironment.checkHeadless();
-        appContext = AppContext.getAppContext();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -428,8 +411,6 @@ public abstract class MenuComponent implements java.io.Serializable {
         GraphicsEnvironment.checkHeadless();
 
         s.defaultReadObject();
-
-        appContext = AppContext.getAppContext();
     }
 
     /*
diff --git a/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/awt/AWTAccessor.java b/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/awt/AWTAccessor.java
index 3c63a390a81..c74219f7efa 100644
--- a/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/awt/AWTAccessor.java
+++ b/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/awt/AWTAccessor.java
@@ -451,16 +451,6 @@ public final class AWTAccessor {
      * An accessor for the MenuComponent class.
      */
     public interface MenuComponentAccessor {
-        /**
-         * Returns the appContext of the menu component.
-         */
-        AppContext getAppContext(MenuComponent menuComp);
-
-        /**
-         * Sets the appContext of the menu component.
-         */
-        void setAppContext(MenuComponent menuComp, AppContext appContext);
-
         /**
          * Returns the peer of the menu component.
          */
diff --git a/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/awt/SunToolkit.java b/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/awt/SunToolkit.java
index 7429656eb30..10fb62e2fdc 100644
--- a/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/awt/SunToolkit.java
+++ b/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/awt/SunToolkit.java
@@ -333,9 +333,6 @@ public abstract class SunToolkit extends Toolkit
         if (target instanceof Component) {
             AWTAccessor.getComponentAccessor().
                 setAppContext((Component)target, context);
-        } else if (target instanceof MenuComponent) {
-            AWTAccessor.getMenuComponentAccessor().
-                setAppContext((MenuComponent)target, context);
         } else {
             return false;
         }
@@ -351,8 +348,7 @@ public abstract class SunToolkit extends Toolkit
             return AWTAccessor.getComponentAccessor().
                        getAppContext((Component)target);
         } else if (target instanceof MenuComponent) {
-            return AWTAccessor.getMenuComponentAccessor().
-                       getAppContext((MenuComponent)target);
+            return AppContext.getAppContext();
         } else {
             return null;
         }