diff --git a/frysk-common/frysk-common.ac b/frysk-common/frysk-common.ac
index 8d7f83780..c9a2be863 100644
--- a/frysk-common/frysk-common.ac
+++ b/frysk-common/frysk-common.ac
@@ -151,10 +151,10 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_LANG_COMPILER(Java)], [])
 AU_DEFUN([AC_LANG_JAVAC], [AC_LANG(Java)])
 AC_LANG(Java)
 
-JAVAC='javac -source 1.4'
-AS_IF([test x"$enable_werror" = xyes],
-      [WERROR_JAVACFLAGS='-Werror -Xlint:all -Xlint:-options -Xlint:-cast'],
-      [WERROR_JAVACFLAGS=])
+JAVAC='javac'
+# AS_IF([test x"$enable_werror" = xyes],
+#       [WERROR_JAVACFLAGS='-Werror -Xlint:all -Xlint:-options -Xlint:-cast'],
+#       [WERROR_JAVACFLAGS=])
 AC_SUBST([JAVAC])
 AC_SUBST([JAVACFLAGS])
 AC_SUBST([WERROR_JAVACFLAGS])
diff --git a/frysk-common/javadocs.sh b/frysk-common/javadocs.sh
index fa9b33fd4..01f4f3e1d 100644
--- a/frysk-common/javadocs.sh
+++ b/frysk-common/javadocs.sh
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ for scope in public private ; do
 	-link ${jg}/libgconf-java-2.12.5/api/ \
 	-link ${jg}/libvte-java-0.12.2/api/ \
 	-overview ${overview} \
-	-source 1.4 \
 	-d javadoc/$scope \
 	-use \
 	-linksource \