diff --git a/shared_resources/common.sh b/shared_resources/common.sh
index c130c3a..21e2eb8 100755
--- a/shared_resources/common.sh
+++ b/shared_resources/common.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ apt-get install -yq --no-install-recommends \
   unzip \
   ca-certificates \
   curl \
-  default-jre \
   locales \
   lsb-release \
   gnupg2 \
@@ -37,14 +36,6 @@ apt-get clean
 wget https://dl.google.com/cloudsql/cloud_sql_proxy.linux.amd64 -O /usr/bin/cloud_sql_proxy
 chmod +x /usr/bin/cloud_sql_proxy
 
-# download vdatum
-wget https://vdatum.noaa.gov/download/data/vdatum_v4.1.zip -O /usr/bin/vdatum.zip
-wget https://vdatum.noaa.gov/download/data/vdatum_EGM1996.zip -O /usr/bin/vdatum_EGM1996.zip
-unzip /usr/bin/vdatum.zip -d /usr/bin
-unzip -o /usr/bin/vdatum_EGM1996.zip -d /usr/bin
-rm /usr/bin/vdatum.zip
-rm /usr/bin/vdatum_EGM1996.zip
-
 # filepath curating
 chmod +x /usr/bin/prepare.sh
 mkdir /gcs