--- title: JEP 479: Remove the Windows 32-bit x86 Port | daily.dev description: JEP 479 aims to remove the Windows 32-bit x86 port from the JDK, simplifying the build and test infrastructure. The motivation behind this is to accelerate the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/jep-479-remove-the-windows-32-bit-x86-port-80j49sc2y twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: JEP 479: Remove the Windows 32-bit x86 Port | daily.dev og:description: JEP 479 aims to remove the Windows 32-bit x86 port from the JDK, simplifying the build and test infrastructure. The motivation behind this is to accelerate the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/jep-479-remove-the-windows-32-bit-x86-port-80j49sc2y og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/80J49sc2Y.png og:image:alt: JEP 479: Remove the Windows 32-bit x86 Port og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # JEP 479: Remove the Windows 32-bit x86 Port **[Awesome Java Newsletter](https://daily.dev/sources/java_libhunt)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary JEP 479 aims to remove the Windows 32-bit x86 port from the JDK, simplifying the build and test infrastructure. The motivation behind this is to accelerate the development of new features and enhancements. It is not a goal to remove or change 32-bit support for any platforms other than Windows, and support for Windows 32-bit in previous releases will not be removed or changed. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java), [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows), [#jdk](https://daily.dev/tags/jdk) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/jep-479-remove-the-windows-32-bit-x86-port-80j49sc2y) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"JEP 479: Remove the Windows 32-bit x86 Port","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/jep-479-remove-the-windows-32-bit-x86-port-80j49sc2y","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/jep-479-remove-the-windows-32-bit-x86-port-80j49sc2y"},"datePublished":"2024-05-09T20:57:23.915Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T20:57:22.281Z","description":"JEP 479 aims to remove the Windows 32-bit x86 port from the JDK, simplifying the build and test infrastructure. The motivation behind this is to accelerate the...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Awesome Java Newsletter","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Awesome Java Newsletter","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/7729929f2ca649d7b13f6b04aa94d300","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/java_libhunt"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/jep-479-remove-the-windows-32-bit-x86-port-80j49sc2y","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"java,windows,jdk","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Awesome Java Newsletter","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/java_libhunt"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"JEP 479: Remove the Windows 32-bit x86 Port"}]} ```