diff --git a/eclipse-distribution/pom.xml b/eclipse-distribution/pom.xml
index 3c0bb275a..15c29e837 100644
--- a/eclipse-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/eclipse-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -870,16 +870,9 @@
 					<configuration>
 						<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
 						<useProjectSettings>false</useProjectSettings>
-<!--						<compilerArgument>-err:-forbidden</compilerArgument> -->
-						<compilerArgs>
-							<arg>-err:-forbidden</arg>
-							<arg>--add-modules</arg>
-							<arg>java.base,java.management,java.xml</arg>
-							<arg>--limit-modules</arg>
-							<arg>java.base,java.management,java.xml</arg>
-						</compilerArgs>
+						<compilerArgument>-err:-forbidden</compilerArgument>
 					</configuration>
-					</plugin>
+				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
 					<artifactId>target-platform-configuration</artifactId>
diff --git a/eclipse-extensions/org.springframework.ide.eclipse.boot/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/eclipse-extensions/org.springframework.ide.eclipse.boot/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 002fab8e0..588b376cd 100644
--- a/eclipse-extensions/org.springframework.ide.eclipse.boot/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/eclipse-extensions/org.springframework.ide.eclipse.boot/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.core.resources,
  org.reactivestreams.reactive-streams,
  com.google.guava,
  org.eclipse.wst.sse.core
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-11
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Export-Package: org.springframework.ide.eclipse.boot.core,
  org.springframework.ide.eclipse.boot.core.cli,