diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/projectRoots/impl/JavaSdkImpl.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/projectRoots/impl/JavaSdkImpl.java
index 08df4ab5f178..edfe659e67a0 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/projectRoots/impl/JavaSdkImpl.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/projectRoots/impl/JavaSdkImpl.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2016 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ * Copyright 2000-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -301,8 +301,7 @@ public class JavaSdkImpl extends JavaSdk {
 
   @Override
   public boolean isValidSdkHome(String path) {
-    return checkForJdk(new File(path)) &&
-           (!JrtFileSystem.isModularJdk(path) || JrtFileSystem.isSupported());
+    return checkForJdk(new File(path));
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/jrt/JrtFileSystemImpl.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/jrt/JrtFileSystemImpl.java
index 42d2b05f70e9..3a17077e8c16 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/jrt/JrtFileSystemImpl.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/jrt/JrtFileSystemImpl.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2016 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ * Copyright 2000-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class JrtFileSystemImpl extends JrtFileSystem {
     String homePath = extractLocalPath(extractRootPath(entryFile.getPath()));
     ArchiveHandler handler = myHandlers.get(homePath);
     if (handler == null) {
-      handler = isSupported() ? new JrtHandler(homePath) : new JrtHandlerStub(homePath);
+      handler = new JrtHandler(homePath);
       myHandlers.put(homePath, handler);
       ApplicationManager.getApplication().invokeLater(
         () -> LocalFileSystem.getInstance().refreshAndFindFileByPath(homePath + "/release"),
diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/jrt/JrtHandler.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/jrt/JrtHandler.java
index dae6bdc222fb..33985e670373 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/jrt/JrtHandler.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/jrt/JrtHandler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2016 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ * Copyright 2000-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package com.intellij.openapi.vfs.impl.jrt;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.SystemInfo;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.impl.ArchiveHandler;
 import com.intellij.reference.SoftReference;
-import com.intellij.util.ArrayUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
@@ -117,22 +116,4 @@ class JrtHandler extends ArchiveHandler {
     Path path = getFileSystem().getPath("/modules/" + relativePath);
     return Files.readAllBytes(path);
   }
-}
-
-class JrtHandlerStub extends ArchiveHandler {
-  public JrtHandlerStub(@NotNull String path) {
-    super(path);
-  }
-
-  @NotNull
-  @Override
-  protected Map<String, EntryInfo> createEntriesMap() {
-    return Collections.emptyMap();
-  }
-
-  @NotNull
-  @Override
-  public byte[] contentsToByteArray(@NotNull String relativePath) {
-    return ArrayUtil.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY;
-  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/JrtFileSystemTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/JrtFileSystemTest.java
index 2c372a26870d..bc8392d9db8a 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/JrtFileSystemTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/JrtFileSystemTest.java
@@ -16,24 +16,24 @@
 package com.intellij.openapi.vfs;
 
 import com.intellij.JavaTestUtil;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.SystemInfo;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.jrt.JrtFileSystem;
 import com.intellij.testFramework.fixtures.BareTestFixtureTestCase;
 import com.intellij.testFramework.rules.TempDirectory;
 import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.nio.file.*;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
 
 public class JrtFileSystemTest extends BareTestFixtureTestCase {
   @Rule public TempDirectory myTempDir = new TempDirectory();
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@ public class JrtFileSystemTest extends BareTestFixtureTestCase {
   private Path myTempPath;
   private VirtualFile myRoot;
 
-  @BeforeClass
-  public static void setUpClass() {
-    assumeTrue("skipped: java=" + SystemInfo.JAVA_VERSION, JrtFileSystem.isSupported());
-  }
-
   @Before
   public void setUp() throws IOException {
     myTestData = Paths.get(JavaTestUtil.getJavaTestDataPath(), "jrt");
diff --git a/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/jrt/JrtFileSystem.java b/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/jrt/JrtFileSystem.java
index d3916e602634..4a1e8d566c05 100644
--- a/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/jrt/JrtFileSystem.java
+++ b/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/jrt/JrtFileSystem.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2016 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ * Copyright 2000-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 package com.intellij.openapi.vfs.jrt;
 
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.SystemInfo;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.StandardFileSystems;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.newvfs.ArchiveFileSystem;
@@ -29,12 +28,6 @@ public abstract class JrtFileSystem extends ArchiveFileSystem {
   public static final String PROTOCOL_PREFIX = StandardFileSystems.JRT_PROTOCOL_PREFIX;
   public static final String SEPARATOR = URLUtil.JAR_SEPARATOR;
 
-  private static final boolean SUPPORTED = SystemInfo.isJavaVersionAtLeast("1.8");
-
-  public static boolean isSupported() {
-    return SUPPORTED;
-  }
-
   public static boolean isModularJdk(@NotNull String homePath) {
     return new File(homePath, "lib/jrt-fs.jar").isFile() || new File(homePath, "jrt-fs.jar").isFile();
   }