diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index cc4a0a622c..779c314b56 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ Other changes:
 
    Bugzilla Report 26453
 
+ * Removes direct references to com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider class
+   from the mail task, since that internal JDK class is no longer available
+   in recent versions of Java.
+   Bugzilla Report 68460
+
 Fixed bugs:
 -----------
 
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/email/JakartaMimeMailer.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/email/JakartaMimeMailer.java
index a1ebb983c1..0055c5ffca 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/email/JakartaMimeMailer.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/email/JakartaMimeMailer.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
-import java.security.Provider;
-import java.security.Security;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -148,15 +146,6 @@ public void send() {
             Session sesh;
             Authenticator auth = null;
             if (SSL) {
-                try {
-                    final Provider p =
-                        Class.forName("com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider")
-                            .asSubclass(Provider.class).getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
-                    Security.addProvider(p);
-                } catch (final Exception e) {
-                    throw new BuildException(
-                        "could not instantiate ssl security provider, check that you have JSSE in your classpath");
-                }
                 // SMTP provider
                 props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.class", SSL_FACTORY);
                 props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.fallback", "false");
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/email/MimeMailer.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/email/MimeMailer.java
index 387078b8a4..54514b9843 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/email/MimeMailer.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/email/MimeMailer.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
-import java.security.Provider;
-import java.security.Security;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -150,15 +148,6 @@ public void send() {
             Session sesh;
             Authenticator auth = null;
             if (SSL) {
-                try {
-                    final Provider p =
-                        Class.forName("com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider")
-                            .asSubclass(Provider.class).getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
-                    Security.addProvider(p);
-                } catch (final Exception e) {
-                    throw new BuildException(
-                        "could not instantiate ssl security provider, check that you have JSSE in your classpath");
-                }
                 // SMTP provider
                 props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.class", SSL_FACTORY);
                 props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.fallback", "false");