Removing Java 8 JDK from Mac

I was able to unistall jdk 8 in mavericks successfully doing the following steps:

Run this command to just remove the JDK

sudo rm -rf /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk<version>.jdk

Run these commands if you want to remove plugins

sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/JavaControlPanel.prefPane
sudo rm -rf /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
sudo rm -rf /Library/LaunchAgents/com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
sudo rm -rf /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper
sudo rm -rf /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
sudo rm -rf /Library/Preferences/com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist

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