diff --git a/src/demo/share/java2d/J2DBench/Makefile b/src/demo/share/java2d/J2DBench/Makefile
index d9dd6258329..f8949845b4f 100644
--- a/src/demo/share/java2d/J2DBench/Makefile
+++ b/src/demo/share/java2d/J2DBench/Makefile
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@
 
 
 ifndef SOURCE
-export SOURCE := 7
+export SOURCE := 8
 endif
 ifndef TARGET
-export TARGET := 7
+export TARGET := 8
 endif
 ifndef JAVAC
 export JAVAC := javac
diff --git a/src/demo/share/java2d/J2DBench/build.xml b/src/demo/share/java2d/J2DBench/build.xml
index 2942e5fa260..d48b446d0f3 100644
--- a/src/demo/share/java2d/J2DBench/build.xml
+++ b/src/demo/share/java2d/J2DBench/build.xml
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@
   <property name="dist"  location="dist"/>
   <property name="resources"  location="resources"/>
 
-  <condition property="source" value="7">
+  <condition property="source" value="8">
      <not>
         <isset property="source"/>
      </not>
   </condition>
-  <condition property="target" value="7">
+  <condition property="target" value="8">
      <not>
         <isset property="target"/>
      </not>
@@ -54,11 +54,6 @@
         <isset property="java"/>
      </not>
   </condition>
-  <condition property="javac" value="javac">
-     <not>
-        <isset property="javac"/>
-     </not>
-  </condition>
 
   <target name="init">
     <!-- Create the time stamp -->
@@ -70,7 +65,7 @@
   <target name="compile" depends="init"
         description="compile the source " >
     <!-- Compile the java code from ${src} into ${build} -->
-    <javac debug="off" source="${source}" target="${target}" srcdir="${src}" destdir="${build}" fork="true" executable="${javac}"/>
+    <javac debug="off" source="${source}" target="${target}" srcdir="${src}" destdir="${build}"/>
   </target>
 
   <target name="run" depends="dist"