diff --git a/java/compiler/forms-compiler/forms-compiler.iml b/java/compiler/forms-compiler/forms-compiler.iml
index 984cb98c08d1..3f6ac0d8aeca 100644
--- a/java/compiler/forms-compiler/forms-compiler.iml
+++ b/java/compiler/forms-compiler/forms-compiler.iml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <module relativePaths="true" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_3" inherit-compiler-output="true">
     <exclude-output />
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
diff --git a/java/java-runtime/java-runtime.iml b/java/java-runtime/java-runtime.iml
index ea6cac8a1341..d36019dfc57c 100644
--- a/java/java-runtime/java-runtime.iml
+++ b/java/java-runtime/java-runtime.iml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <module relativePaths="true" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_3" inherit-compiler-output="true">
     <exclude-output />
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />