diff --git a/graalpy/graalpy-starter/build.gradle.kts b/graalpy/graalpy-starter/build.gradle.kts
index 1199475..842b456 100644
--- a/graalpy/graalpy-starter/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/graalpy/graalpy-starter/build.gradle.kts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
     implementation("org.graalvm.polyglot:polyglot:24.1.0")
     implementation("org.graalvm.polyglot:python:24.1.0")
-    implementation("org.graalvm.python:python-embedding:24.1.0")
 
     // Use JUnit Jupiter for testing.
     testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.11.0")
diff --git a/graalpy/graalpy-starter/pom.xml b/graalpy/graalpy-starter/pom.xml
index 9fa7544..c56da49 100644
--- a/graalpy/graalpy-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/graalpy/graalpy-starter/pom.xml
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@
       <version>${graalpy.version}</version>
       <type>pom</type>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.graalvm.python</groupId>
-      <artifactId>python-embedding</artifactId>
-      <version>${graalpy.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
@@ -61,27 +56,6 @@
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.graalvm.python</groupId>
-        <artifactId>graalpy-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>24.1.0</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <configuration>
-              <packages>
-                <!-- Select Python packages to install via pip. -->
-                <package>pyfiglet==1.0.2</package>
-              </packages>
-            </configuration>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>process-graalpy-resources</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-
     <pluginManagement><!-- lock down plugins versions to avoid using Maven defaults (may be moved to parent pom) -->
       <plugins>
         <!-- clean lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#clean_Lifecycle -->
diff --git a/graalpy/graalpy-starter/src/main/java/com/example/App.java b/graalpy/graalpy-starter/src/main/java/com/example/App.java
index eaa24fa..6b57d53 100644
--- a/graalpy/graalpy-starter/src/main/java/com/example/App.java
+++ b/graalpy/graalpy-starter/src/main/java/com/example/App.java
@@ -7,12 +7,20 @@
 package com.example;
 
 import org.graalvm.polyglot.Context;
-import org.graalvm.python.embedding.utils.GraalPyResources;
+import org.graalvm.polyglot.io.IOAccess;
 
 public class App {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        try (Context context = GraalPyResources.createContext()) {
+        try (Context context = Context.newBuilder("python")
+                         /* Enabling some of these is needed for various standard library modules */
+                        .allowNativeAccess(false)
+                        .allowCreateThread(false)
+                        .allowIO(IOAccess.newBuilder()
+                                        .allowHostFileAccess(false)
+                                        .allowHostSocketAccess(false)
+                                        .build())
+                        .build()) {
             context.eval("python", "print('Hello from GraalPy!')");
         }
     }