diff --git a/gradle/javaproject.gradle b/gradle/javaproject.gradle
index 3248e256453e1ca791d2a48bbb5be239139d13ac..5387eb2a2a904120d0b8212a6884be73d7e74806 100644
--- a/gradle/javaproject.gradle
+++ b/gradle/javaproject.gradle
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
     gradleVersion = '1.8'
     distributionUrl = "http://svncisd.ethz.ch/repos/cisd/ivy-repository/trunk/gradle/distribution/1.8/gradle-1.8-all.zip"
 }
-
-addSource = (sourceCompatibility == org.gradle.api.JavaVersion.VERSION_1_6)
-print "Current JVM is "+sourceCompatibility+", explicit ecj source compability: "+addSource
+print "Current JVM is "+sourceCompatibility
 
 sourceCompatibility='1.6'
 targetCompatibility='1.6'
@@ -134,13 +132,8 @@ compileJava {
     doFirst {
         options.forkOptions.with {
             executable = 'java'
-            if (addSource) {
-	            jvmArgs = ['-cp', configurations.ecj.asPath, 'org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.Main', 
-	                       '-nowarn', '-source', '1.6']
-	        } else {
-	            jvmArgs = ['-cp', configurations.ecj.asPath, 'org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.Main', 
-	                       '-nowarn']
-	        }
+            jvmArgs = ['-cp', configurations.ecj.asPath, 'org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.Main', 
+                       '-nowarn', '-source', '1.6' ]
         }
     }
 }
@@ -151,13 +144,8 @@ compileTestJava {
     doFirst {
         options.forkOptions.with {
             executable = 'java'
-            if (addSource) {
-	            jvmArgs = ['-cp', configurations.ecj.asPath, 'org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.Main', 
-	                       '-nowarn', '-source', '1.6']
-	        } else {
-	            jvmArgs = ['-cp', configurations.ecj.asPath, 'org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.Main', 
-	                       '-nowarn']
-	        }
+            jvmArgs = ['-cp', configurations.ecj.asPath, 'org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.Main', 
+                       '-nowarn', '-source', '1.6' ]
         }
     }
 }