diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/init/BUILD b/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/init/BUILD
index 5849711..0c0d937 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/init/BUILD
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/init/BUILD
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
         "//java/com/google/gerrit/server/schema",
         "//java/com/google/gerrit/server/util/time",
         "//lib:guava",
-        "//lib:h2",
         "//lib:jgit",
         "//lib/commons:validator",
         "//lib/flogger:api",
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/init/Browser.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/init/Browser.java
index 2e49e13..228a528 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/init/Browser.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/init/Browser.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
 
-/** Opens the user's web browser to the web UI. */
+/** Points the user to a web browser URL. */
 public class Browser {
   private final Config cfg;
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
       return;
     }
     waitForServer(uri);
-    openBrowser(uri, link);
+    printBrowserUrl(uri, link);
   }
 
   private void waitForServer(URI uri) throws IOException {
@@ -97,17 +97,9 @@
     return url;
   }
 
-  private void openBrowser(URI uri, String link) {
+  private void printBrowserUrl(URI uri, String link) {
     String url = resolveUrl(uri, link);
-    System.err.format("Opening %s ...", url);
+    System.err.format("Please open the following URL in the browser: %s", url);
     System.err.flush();
-    try {
-      org.h2.tools.Server.openBrowser(url);
-      System.err.println("OK");
-    } catch (Exception e) {
-      System.err.println("FAILED");
-      System.err.println("Open Gerrit with a JavaScript capable browser:");
-      System.err.println("  " + url);
-    }
   }
 }