Can't disable Java

I recently installed Photoshop 5.1 on my MacBook Air (OSX Mavericks10.9.4). When I started up Photoshop I got the well-known Software update message “to open Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 app, you need to install a Java SE 6 runtime. Would you like to install this?” I did the install and Photoshop started up fine. Unfortunately there is no possibility now to disable Java. There used to be a preference panel under earlier OS X versions, but this can no longer be found in Mavericks. Neither in the Utility folder nor in the System Preferences folder. Also the "disable Java" option in Safari > preferences > security is gone. (Not to be confused with "enable Javascript")
Any suggestions?
Lowlander

This is a bug [http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6777033]

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