diff --git a/plugins/gradle/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/settings/GradleProjectSettings.java b/plugins/gradle/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/settings/GradleProjectSettings.java
index 7b25028b4b7d..54ab8818e9b8 100644
--- a/plugins/gradle/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/settings/GradleProjectSettings.java
+++ b/plugins/gradle/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/settings/GradleProjectSettings.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 public class GradleProjectSettings extends ExternalProjectSettings {
 
   @Nullable private String myGradleHome;
-  @Nullable private String myGradleJvm = ExternalSystemJdkUtil.USE_PROJECT_JDK;
+  @Nullable private String myGradleJvm;
   @Nullable private DistributionType distributionType;
   private boolean disableWrapperSourceDistributionNotification;