diff --git a/build/scripts/utils.gant b/build/scripts/utils.gant
index 527d55f6ec5e..723410b95e79 100644
--- a/build/scripts/utils.gant
+++ b/build/scripts/utils.gant
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ private String setupJdkPath(String propertyName, String defaultDir, String envVa
       else {
         jdk = guessJdk()
         def jdkInfo = JdkVersionDetector.instance.detectJdkVersionInfo(jdk)
-        if (propertyName.contains("8") && jdkInfo.@version.feature != 8) {
+        if (propertyName.contains("8") && jdkInfo.version.contains("1.8.")) {
           projectBuilder.error("JDK 1.8 is required to compile the project, but '$propertyName' property and '$envVarName' environment variable" +
                                " aren't defined and default JDK $jdk ($jdkInfo) cannot be used as JDK 1.8")
           return null
diff --git a/platform/build-scripts/groovy/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/JdkUtils.groovy b/platform/build-scripts/groovy/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/JdkUtils.groovy
index 5639f78cd23f..727ef7f5314f 100644
--- a/platform/build-scripts/groovy/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/JdkUtils.groovy
+++ b/platform/build-scripts/groovy/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/JdkUtils.groovy
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class JdkUtils {
       else {
         jdkDir = getCurrentJdk()
         def jdkInfo = JdkVersionDetector.instance.detectJdkVersionInfo(jdkDir)
-        if (propertyName.contains("8") && jdkInfo.@version.feature != 8) {
+        if (propertyName.contains("8") && !jdkInfo.version.contains("1.8.")) {
           messages.error("JDK 1.8 is required to compile the project, but '$propertyName' property and '$envVarName' environment variable" +
                          " aren't defined and default JDK $jdkDir ($jdkInfo) cannot be used as JDK 1.8")
           return null