commented out the JRE feature for now
diff --git a/org.eclipse.stem/releng/org.eclipse.stem.tycho.product/STEM.product b/org.eclipse.stem/releng/org.eclipse.stem.tycho.product/STEM.product
index 1fd5824..c3cdb3c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.stem/releng/org.eclipse.stem.tycho.product/STEM.product
+++ b/org.eclipse.stem/releng/org.eclipse.stem.tycho.product/STEM.product
@@ -564,7 +564,9 @@
    <features>
       <feature id="org.eclipse.stem.product.feature" version="3.0.0.qualifier"/>
       <feature id="org.eclipse.stem.modelgen" version="3.0.0.qualifier"/>
+      <!--
       <feature id="org.eclipse.justj.openjdk.hotspot.jre.full" installMode="root"/>
+      -->
    </features>
 
    <configurations>