diff --git a/Lib/java/java.swg b/Lib/java/java.swg
index c859751ae..514eb89b1 100644
--- a/Lib/java/java.swg
+++ b/Lib/java/java.swg
@@ -375,12 +375,6 @@
 /* Default array handling */
 %typemap(in) SWIGTYPE [] %{ $1 = *($&1_ltype)&$input; %}
 %typemap(out) SWIGTYPE [] %{ *($&1_ltype)&$result = $1; %} 
-%typemap(globalin) SWIGTYPE [] {
-  SWIG_JavaThrowException(jenv, SWIG_JavaRuntimeException, "Variable $name is read-only.");
-}
-%typemap(memberin) SWIGTYPE [] {
-  SWIG_JavaThrowException(jenv, SWIG_JavaRuntimeException, "Variable $name is read-only.");
-}
 
 /* char[ANY] - treat as String */
 %typemap(in) char[ANY] {