diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
index fdd57b0b2..995825359 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
@@ -114,16 +114,6 @@ public class Project
         return super.getLogger();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * static query of the java version
-     *
-     * @return something like "1.1" or "1.3"
-     */
-    public static String getJavaVersion()
-    {
-        return javaVersion;
-    }
-
     /**
      * returns the boolean equivalent of a string, which is considered true if
      * either "on", "true", or "yes" is found, ignoring case.
@@ -138,28 +128,6 @@ public class Project
             s.equalsIgnoreCase( "yes" ) );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * set the ant.java.version property, also tests for unsupported JVM
-     * versions, prints the verbose log messages
-     *
-     * @throws TaskException if this Java version is not supported
-     */
-    public void setJavaVersionProperty()
-        throws TaskException
-    {
-        setPropertyInternal( "ant.java.version", javaVersion );
-
-        // sanity check
-        if( javaVersion == JAVA_1_0 )
-        {
-            throw new TaskException( "Ant cannot work on Java 1.0" );
-        }
-
-        getLogger().debug( "Detected Java version: " + javaVersion + " in: " + System.getProperty( "java.home" ) );
-
-        getLogger().debug( "Detected OS: " + System.getProperty( "os.name" ) );
-    }
-
     /**
      * get the base directory of the project as a file object
      *
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/GenerateKey.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/GenerateKey.java
index a72e36db8..0007da5bd 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/GenerateKey.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/GenerateKey.java
@@ -139,12 +139,6 @@ public class GenerateKey
     public void execute()
         throws TaskException
     {
-        if( getProject().getJavaVersion().equals( Project.JAVA_1_1 ) )
-        {
-            throw new TaskException( "The genkey task is only available on JDK" +
-                                     " versions 1.2 or greater" );
-        }
-
         if( null == alias )
         {
             throw new TaskException( "alias attribute must be set" );
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Get.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Get.java
index 0cd2df3aa..1f5634f4e 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Get.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Get.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
 import java.util.Date;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
-import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 
 /**
@@ -95,10 +94,7 @@ public class Get extends Task
      */
     public void setUseTimestamp( boolean v )
     {
-        if( getProject().getJavaVersion() != Project.JAVA_1_1 )
-        {
-            useTimestamp = v;
-        }
+        useTimestamp = v;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -296,22 +292,14 @@ public class Get extends Task
      * @exception TaskException Thrown in unrecoverable error. Likely this
      *      comes from file access failures.
      */
-    protected boolean touchFile( File file, long timemillis )
+    protected void touchFile( File file, long timemillis )
         throws TaskException
     {
 
-        if( getProject().getJavaVersion() != Project.JAVA_1_1 )
-        {
-            Touch touch = (Touch)getProject().createTask( "touch" );
-            touch.setFile( file );
-            touch.setMillis( timemillis );
-            touch.touch();
-            return true;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
+        Touch touch = (Touch)getProject().createTask( "touch" );
+        touch.setFile( file );
+        touch.setMillis( timemillis );
+        touch.touch();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Java.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Java.java
index 924010957..52ec2d65c 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Java.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Java.java
@@ -109,11 +109,6 @@ public class Java extends Task
         this.fork = s;
     }
 
-    public void setJVMVersion( String value )
-    {
-        cmdl.setVmversion( value );
-    }
-
     /**
      * set the jar name...
      *
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java
index 55f912115..4972c4d1f 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.JavaVersion;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.Os;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
@@ -894,8 +895,7 @@ public class Javac extends MatchingTask
 
         if( compiler == null )
         {
-            if( Project.getJavaVersion() != Project.JAVA_1_1 &&
-                Project.getJavaVersion() != Project.JAVA_1_2 )
+            if( JavaVersion.JAVA1_2  != getJavaVersion() )
             {
                 compiler = "modern";
             }
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SignJar.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SignJar.java
index 26d8e1959..724d8112a 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SignJar.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SignJar.java
@@ -249,11 +249,6 @@ public class SignJar extends Task
     private void doOneJar( File jarSource, File jarTarget )
         throws TaskException
     {
-        if( getProject().getJavaVersion().equals( Project.JAVA_1_1 ) )
-        {
-            throw new TaskException( "The signjar task is only available on JDK versions 1.2 or greater" );
-        }
-
         if( null == alias )
         {
             throw new TaskException( "alias attribute must be set" );
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Touch.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Touch.java
index 6850825a8..3ca292140 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Touch.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Touch.java
@@ -148,12 +148,6 @@ public class Touch extends Task
             }
         }
 
-        if( millis >= 0 && getProject().getJavaVersion() == Project.JAVA_1_1 )
-        {
-            getLogger().warn( "modification time of files cannot be set in JDK 1.1" );
-            return;
-        }
-
         boolean resetMillis = false;
         if( millis < 0 )
         {
@@ -201,11 +195,6 @@ public class Touch extends Task
             throw new TaskException( "Can not change modification date of read-only file " + file );
         }
 
-        if( getProject().getJavaVersion() == Project.JAVA_1_1 )
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-
         final long time = ( millis < 0 ) ? System.currentTimeMillis() : millis;
         file.setLastModified( time );
     }
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/compilers/DefaultCompilerAdapter.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/compilers/DefaultCompilerAdapter.java
index f8614d9eb..042adb3a9 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/compilers/DefaultCompilerAdapter.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/compilers/DefaultCompilerAdapter.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.AbstractLogEnabled;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.JavaVersion;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Javac;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.Execute;
@@ -125,12 +126,7 @@ public abstract class DefaultCompilerAdapter
         throws TaskException
     {
         Path classpath = getCompileClasspath();
-
-        // we cannot be using Java 1.0 when forking, so we only have to
-        // distinguish between Java 1.1, and Java 1.2 and higher, as Java 1.1
-        // has its own parameter format
-        boolean usingJava1_1 = Project.getJavaVersion().equals( Project.JAVA_1_1 );
-        String memoryParameterPrefix = usingJava1_1 ? "-J-" : "-J-X";
+        String memoryParameterPrefix = "-J-X";
         if( m_memoryInitialSize != null )
         {
             if( !m_attributes.isForkedJavac() )
@@ -174,47 +170,27 @@ public abstract class DefaultCompilerAdapter
         }
 
         cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-classpath" );
+        cmd.createArgument().setPath( classpath );
+
+        cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-sourcepath" );
+        cmd.createArgument().setPath( src );
 
-        // Just add "sourcepath" to classpath ( for JDK1.1 )
-        // as well as "bootclasspath" and "extdirs"
-        if( Project.getJavaVersion().startsWith( "1.1" ) )
+        if( target != null )
         {
-            Path cp = new Path();
-            /*
-             * XXX - This doesn't mix very well with build.systemclasspath,
-             */
-            if( m_bootclasspath != null )
-            {
-                cp.append( m_bootclasspath );
-            }
-            if( m_extdirs != null )
-            {
-                cp.addExtdirs( m_extdirs );
-            }
-            cp.append( classpath );
-            cp.append( src );
-            cmd.createArgument().setPath( cp );
+            cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-target" );
+            cmd.createArgument().setValue( target );
         }
-        else
+
+        if( m_bootclasspath != null )
         {
-            cmd.createArgument().setPath( classpath );
-            cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-sourcepath" );
-            cmd.createArgument().setPath( src );
-            if( target != null )
-            {
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-target" );
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( target );
-            }
-            if( m_bootclasspath != null )
-            {
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-bootclasspath" );
-                cmd.createArgument().setPath( m_bootclasspath );
-            }
-            if( m_extdirs != null )
-            {
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-extdirs" );
-                cmd.createArgument().setPath( m_extdirs );
-            }
+            cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-bootclasspath" );
+            cmd.createArgument().setPath( m_bootclasspath );
+        }
+
+        if( m_extdirs != null )
+        {
+            cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-extdirs" );
+            cmd.createArgument().setPath( m_extdirs );
         }
 
         if( m_encoding != null )
@@ -224,11 +200,8 @@ public abstract class DefaultCompilerAdapter
         }
         if( m_debug )
         {
-            if( useDebugLevel
-                && Project.getJavaVersion() != Project.JAVA_1_0
-                && Project.getJavaVersion() != Project.JAVA_1_1 )
+            if( useDebugLevel )
             {
-
                 String debugLevel = m_attributes.getDebugLevel();
                 if( debugLevel != null )
                 {
@@ -244,8 +217,7 @@ public abstract class DefaultCompilerAdapter
                 cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-g" );
             }
         }
-        else if( Project.getJavaVersion() != Project.JAVA_1_0 &&
-            Project.getJavaVersion() != Project.JAVA_1_1 )
+        else
         {
             cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-g:none" );
         }
@@ -254,23 +226,6 @@ public abstract class DefaultCompilerAdapter
             cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-O" );
         }
 
-        if( m_depend )
-        {
-            if( Project.getJavaVersion().startsWith( "1.1" ) )
-            {
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-depend" );
-            }
-            else if( Project.getJavaVersion().startsWith( "1.2" ) )
-            {
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-Xdepend" );
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                final String message = "depend attribute is not supported by the modern compiler";
-                getLogger().warn( message );
-            }
-        }
-
         if( m_verbose )
         {
             cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-verbose" );
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/Javah.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/Javah.java
index 7cf182dcc..33b2a359a 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/Javah.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/Javah.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.JavaVersion;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Commandline;
@@ -267,8 +268,7 @@ public class Javah extends Task
         String compiler = getProject().getProperty( "build.compiler" );
         if( compiler == null )
         {
-            if( Project.getJavaVersion() != Project.JAVA_1_1 &&
-                Project.getJavaVersion() != Project.JAVA_1_2 )
+            if( JavaVersion.JAVA1_2  != getJavaVersion() )
             {
                 compiler = "modern";
             }
@@ -353,28 +353,17 @@ public class Javah extends Task
             cmd.createArgument().setPath( classpath );
         }
 
-        // JDK1.1 is rather simpler than JDK1.2
-        if( Project.getJavaVersion().startsWith( "1.1" ) )
+        if( verbose )
         {
-            if( verbose )
-            {
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-v" );
-            }
+            cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-verbose" );
         }
-        else
+        if( old )
         {
-            if( verbose )
-            {
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-verbose" );
-            }
-            if( old )
-            {
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-old" );
-            }
-            if( force )
-            {
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-force" );
-            }
+            cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-old" );
+        }
+        if( force )
+        {
+            cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-force" );
         }
 
         if( stubs )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java
index 6da478984..323aba4a7 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Random;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.AntClassLoader;
-import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.Execute;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.LogOutputStream;
@@ -265,14 +264,7 @@ public class JUnitTask extends Task
      */
     public void setMaxmemory( String max )
     {
-        if( Project.getJavaVersion().startsWith( "1.1" ) )
-        {
-            createJvmarg().setValue( "-mx" + max );
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            createJvmarg().setValue( "-Xmx" + max );
-        }
+        createJvmarg().setValue( "-Xmx" + max );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/AbstractMetamataTask.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/AbstractMetamataTask.java
index 30b40cc46..34b30101c 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/AbstractMetamataTask.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/AbstractMetamataTask.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Random;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner;
-import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.Execute;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Argument;
@@ -119,14 +118,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMetamataTask extends Task
      */
     public void setMaxmemory( String max )
     {
-        if( Project.getJavaVersion().startsWith( "1.1" ) )
-        {
-            createJvmarg().setValue( "-mx" + max );
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            createJvmarg().setValue( "-Xmx" + max );
-        }
+        createJvmarg().setValue( "-Xmx" + max );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/MParse.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/MParse.java
index 4da972fbf..a93b21433 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/MParse.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/MParse.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Random;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
-import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.Execute;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.ExecuteStreamHandler;
@@ -102,14 +101,7 @@ public class MParse extends Task
      */
     public void setMaxmemory( String max )
     {
-        if( Project.getJavaVersion().startsWith( "1.1" ) )
-        {
-            createJvmarg().setValue( "-mx" + max );
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            createJvmarg().setValue( "-Xmx" + max );
-        }
+        createJvmarg().setValue( "-Xmx" + max );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/rmic/DefaultRmicAdapter.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/rmic/DefaultRmicAdapter.java
index a976e1c73..0e278c532 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/rmic/DefaultRmicAdapter.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/rmic/DefaultRmicAdapter.java
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Random;
 import org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.AbstractLogEnabled;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
-import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Rmic;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Commandline;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Path;
@@ -113,18 +112,8 @@ public abstract class DefaultRmicAdapter
 
         if( attributes.getExtdirs() != null )
         {
-            if( Project.getJavaVersion().startsWith( "1.1" ) )
-            {
-                /*
-                 * XXX - This doesn't mix very well with build.systemclasspath,
-                 */
-                classpath.addExtdirs( attributes.getExtdirs() );
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-extdirs" );
-                cmd.createArgument().setPath( attributes.getExtdirs() );
-            }
+            cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-extdirs" );
+            cmd.createArgument().setPath( attributes.getExtdirs() );
         }
 
         cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-classpath" );
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/CommandlineJava.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/CommandlineJava.java
index 215bc04d8..007da50bd 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/CommandlineJava.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/CommandlineJava.java
@@ -26,24 +26,21 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
  */
 public class CommandlineJava implements Cloneable
 {
-
     private Commandline vmCommand = new Commandline();
     private Commandline javaCommand = new Commandline();
     private SysProperties sysProperties = new SysProperties();
-    private Path classpath = null;
-    private String maxMemory = null;
+    private Path classpath;
+    private String maxMemory;
 
     /**
      * Indicate whether it will execute a jar file or not, in this case the
      * first vm option must be a -jar and the 'executable' is a jar file.
      */
-    private boolean executeJar = false;
-    private String vmVersion;
+    private boolean executeJar;
 
     public CommandlineJava()
     {
         setVm( getJavaExecutableName() );
-        setVmversion( Project.getJavaVersion() );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -89,11 +86,6 @@ public class CommandlineJava implements Cloneable
         vmCommand.setExecutable( vm );
     }
 
-    public void setVmversion( String value )
-    {
-        vmVersion = value;
-    }
-
     /**
      * @return the name of the class to run or <tt>null</tt> if there is no
      *      class.
@@ -185,11 +177,6 @@ public class CommandlineJava implements Cloneable
         return getActualVMCommand();
     }
 
-    public String getVmversion()
-    {
-        return vmVersion;
-    }
-
     public void addSysproperty( EnvironmentVariable sysp )
     {
         sysProperties.addVariable( sysp );
@@ -214,7 +201,6 @@ public class CommandlineJava implements Cloneable
         {
             c.classpath = (Path)classpath.clone();
         }
-        c.vmVersion = vmVersion;
         c.executeJar = executeJar;
         return c;
     }
@@ -285,14 +271,7 @@ public class CommandlineJava implements Cloneable
         Commandline actualVMCommand = (Commandline)vmCommand.clone();
         if( maxMemory != null )
         {
-            if( vmVersion.startsWith( "1.1" ) )
-            {
-                actualVMCommand.createArgument().setValue( "-mx" + maxMemory );
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                actualVMCommand.createArgument().setValue( "-Xmx" + maxMemory );
-            }
+            actualVMCommand.createArgument().setValue( "-Xmx" + maxMemory );
         }
         return actualVMCommand;
     }
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/Path.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/Path.java
index 55117e3ac..e0dc4992e 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/Path.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/Path.java
@@ -353,12 +353,6 @@ public class Path
             kaffeJarFiles.setIncludes( "*.jar" );
             addFileset( kaffeJarFiles );
         }
-        else if( Project.getJavaVersion() == Project.JAVA_1_1 )
-        {
-            final String classes = System.getProperty( "java.home" ) +
-                File.separator + "lib" + File.separator + "classes.zip";
-            addExisting( new Path( classes ) );
-        }
         else
         {
             // JDK > 1.1 seems to set java.home to the JRE directory.
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
index fdd57b0b2..995825359 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
@@ -114,16 +114,6 @@ public class Project
         return super.getLogger();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * static query of the java version
-     *
-     * @return something like "1.1" or "1.3"
-     */
-    public static String getJavaVersion()
-    {
-        return javaVersion;
-    }
-
     /**
      * returns the boolean equivalent of a string, which is considered true if
      * either "on", "true", or "yes" is found, ignoring case.
@@ -138,28 +128,6 @@ public class Project
             s.equalsIgnoreCase( "yes" ) );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * set the ant.java.version property, also tests for unsupported JVM
-     * versions, prints the verbose log messages
-     *
-     * @throws TaskException if this Java version is not supported
-     */
-    public void setJavaVersionProperty()
-        throws TaskException
-    {
-        setPropertyInternal( "ant.java.version", javaVersion );
-
-        // sanity check
-        if( javaVersion == JAVA_1_0 )
-        {
-            throw new TaskException( "Ant cannot work on Java 1.0" );
-        }
-
-        getLogger().debug( "Detected Java version: " + javaVersion + " in: " + System.getProperty( "java.home" ) );
-
-        getLogger().debug( "Detected OS: " + System.getProperty( "os.name" ) );
-    }
-
     /**
      * get the base directory of the project as a file object
      *
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/GenerateKey.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/GenerateKey.java
index a72e36db8..0007da5bd 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/GenerateKey.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/GenerateKey.java
@@ -139,12 +139,6 @@ public class GenerateKey
     public void execute()
         throws TaskException
     {
-        if( getProject().getJavaVersion().equals( Project.JAVA_1_1 ) )
-        {
-            throw new TaskException( "The genkey task is only available on JDK" +
-                                     " versions 1.2 or greater" );
-        }
-
         if( null == alias )
         {
             throw new TaskException( "alias attribute must be set" );
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Get.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Get.java
index 0cd2df3aa..1f5634f4e 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Get.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Get.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
 import java.util.Date;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
-import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 
 /**
@@ -95,10 +94,7 @@ public class Get extends Task
      */
     public void setUseTimestamp( boolean v )
     {
-        if( getProject().getJavaVersion() != Project.JAVA_1_1 )
-        {
-            useTimestamp = v;
-        }
+        useTimestamp = v;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -296,22 +292,14 @@ public class Get extends Task
      * @exception TaskException Thrown in unrecoverable error. Likely this
      *      comes from file access failures.
      */
-    protected boolean touchFile( File file, long timemillis )
+    protected void touchFile( File file, long timemillis )
         throws TaskException
     {
 
-        if( getProject().getJavaVersion() != Project.JAVA_1_1 )
-        {
-            Touch touch = (Touch)getProject().createTask( "touch" );
-            touch.setFile( file );
-            touch.setMillis( timemillis );
-            touch.touch();
-            return true;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
+        Touch touch = (Touch)getProject().createTask( "touch" );
+        touch.setFile( file );
+        touch.setMillis( timemillis );
+        touch.touch();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Java.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Java.java
index 924010957..52ec2d65c 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Java.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Java.java
@@ -109,11 +109,6 @@ public class Java extends Task
         this.fork = s;
     }
 
-    public void setJVMVersion( String value )
-    {
-        cmdl.setVmversion( value );
-    }
-
     /**
      * set the jar name...
      *
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java
index 55f912115..4972c4d1f 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.JavaVersion;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.Os;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
@@ -894,8 +895,7 @@ public class Javac extends MatchingTask
 
         if( compiler == null )
         {
-            if( Project.getJavaVersion() != Project.JAVA_1_1 &&
-                Project.getJavaVersion() != Project.JAVA_1_2 )
+            if( JavaVersion.JAVA1_2  != getJavaVersion() )
             {
                 compiler = "modern";
             }
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SignJar.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SignJar.java
index 26d8e1959..724d8112a 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SignJar.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SignJar.java
@@ -249,11 +249,6 @@ public class SignJar extends Task
     private void doOneJar( File jarSource, File jarTarget )
         throws TaskException
     {
-        if( getProject().getJavaVersion().equals( Project.JAVA_1_1 ) )
-        {
-            throw new TaskException( "The signjar task is only available on JDK versions 1.2 or greater" );
-        }
-
         if( null == alias )
         {
             throw new TaskException( "alias attribute must be set" );
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Touch.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Touch.java
index 6850825a8..3ca292140 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Touch.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Touch.java
@@ -148,12 +148,6 @@ public class Touch extends Task
             }
         }
 
-        if( millis >= 0 && getProject().getJavaVersion() == Project.JAVA_1_1 )
-        {
-            getLogger().warn( "modification time of files cannot be set in JDK 1.1" );
-            return;
-        }
-
         boolean resetMillis = false;
         if( millis < 0 )
         {
@@ -201,11 +195,6 @@ public class Touch extends Task
             throw new TaskException( "Can not change modification date of read-only file " + file );
         }
 
-        if( getProject().getJavaVersion() == Project.JAVA_1_1 )
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-
         final long time = ( millis < 0 ) ? System.currentTimeMillis() : millis;
         file.setLastModified( time );
     }
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/compilers/DefaultCompilerAdapter.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/compilers/DefaultCompilerAdapter.java
index f8614d9eb..042adb3a9 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/compilers/DefaultCompilerAdapter.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/compilers/DefaultCompilerAdapter.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.AbstractLogEnabled;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.JavaVersion;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Javac;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.Execute;
@@ -125,12 +126,7 @@ public abstract class DefaultCompilerAdapter
         throws TaskException
     {
         Path classpath = getCompileClasspath();
-
-        // we cannot be using Java 1.0 when forking, so we only have to
-        // distinguish between Java 1.1, and Java 1.2 and higher, as Java 1.1
-        // has its own parameter format
-        boolean usingJava1_1 = Project.getJavaVersion().equals( Project.JAVA_1_1 );
-        String memoryParameterPrefix = usingJava1_1 ? "-J-" : "-J-X";
+        String memoryParameterPrefix = "-J-X";
         if( m_memoryInitialSize != null )
         {
             if( !m_attributes.isForkedJavac() )
@@ -174,47 +170,27 @@ public abstract class DefaultCompilerAdapter
         }
 
         cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-classpath" );
+        cmd.createArgument().setPath( classpath );
+
+        cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-sourcepath" );
+        cmd.createArgument().setPath( src );
 
-        // Just add "sourcepath" to classpath ( for JDK1.1 )
-        // as well as "bootclasspath" and "extdirs"
-        if( Project.getJavaVersion().startsWith( "1.1" ) )
+        if( target != null )
         {
-            Path cp = new Path();
-            /*
-             * XXX - This doesn't mix very well with build.systemclasspath,
-             */
-            if( m_bootclasspath != null )
-            {
-                cp.append( m_bootclasspath );
-            }
-            if( m_extdirs != null )
-            {
-                cp.addExtdirs( m_extdirs );
-            }
-            cp.append( classpath );
-            cp.append( src );
-            cmd.createArgument().setPath( cp );
+            cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-target" );
+            cmd.createArgument().setValue( target );
         }
-        else
+
+        if( m_bootclasspath != null )
         {
-            cmd.createArgument().setPath( classpath );
-            cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-sourcepath" );
-            cmd.createArgument().setPath( src );
-            if( target != null )
-            {
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-target" );
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( target );
-            }
-            if( m_bootclasspath != null )
-            {
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-bootclasspath" );
-                cmd.createArgument().setPath( m_bootclasspath );
-            }
-            if( m_extdirs != null )
-            {
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-extdirs" );
-                cmd.createArgument().setPath( m_extdirs );
-            }
+            cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-bootclasspath" );
+            cmd.createArgument().setPath( m_bootclasspath );
+        }
+
+        if( m_extdirs != null )
+        {
+            cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-extdirs" );
+            cmd.createArgument().setPath( m_extdirs );
         }
 
         if( m_encoding != null )
@@ -224,11 +200,8 @@ public abstract class DefaultCompilerAdapter
         }
         if( m_debug )
         {
-            if( useDebugLevel
-                && Project.getJavaVersion() != Project.JAVA_1_0
-                && Project.getJavaVersion() != Project.JAVA_1_1 )
+            if( useDebugLevel )
             {
-
                 String debugLevel = m_attributes.getDebugLevel();
                 if( debugLevel != null )
                 {
@@ -244,8 +217,7 @@ public abstract class DefaultCompilerAdapter
                 cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-g" );
             }
         }
-        else if( Project.getJavaVersion() != Project.JAVA_1_0 &&
-            Project.getJavaVersion() != Project.JAVA_1_1 )
+        else
         {
             cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-g:none" );
         }
@@ -254,23 +226,6 @@ public abstract class DefaultCompilerAdapter
             cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-O" );
         }
 
-        if( m_depend )
-        {
-            if( Project.getJavaVersion().startsWith( "1.1" ) )
-            {
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-depend" );
-            }
-            else if( Project.getJavaVersion().startsWith( "1.2" ) )
-            {
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-Xdepend" );
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                final String message = "depend attribute is not supported by the modern compiler";
-                getLogger().warn( message );
-            }
-        }
-
         if( m_verbose )
         {
             cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-verbose" );
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/Javah.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/Javah.java
index 7cf182dcc..33b2a359a 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/Javah.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/Javah.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.JavaVersion;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Commandline;
@@ -267,8 +268,7 @@ public class Javah extends Task
         String compiler = getProject().getProperty( "build.compiler" );
         if( compiler == null )
         {
-            if( Project.getJavaVersion() != Project.JAVA_1_1 &&
-                Project.getJavaVersion() != Project.JAVA_1_2 )
+            if( JavaVersion.JAVA1_2  != getJavaVersion() )
             {
                 compiler = "modern";
             }
@@ -353,28 +353,17 @@ public class Javah extends Task
             cmd.createArgument().setPath( classpath );
         }
 
-        // JDK1.1 is rather simpler than JDK1.2
-        if( Project.getJavaVersion().startsWith( "1.1" ) )
+        if( verbose )
         {
-            if( verbose )
-            {
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-v" );
-            }
+            cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-verbose" );
         }
-        else
+        if( old )
         {
-            if( verbose )
-            {
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-verbose" );
-            }
-            if( old )
-            {
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-old" );
-            }
-            if( force )
-            {
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-force" );
-            }
+            cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-old" );
+        }
+        if( force )
+        {
+            cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-force" );
         }
 
         if( stubs )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java
index 6da478984..323aba4a7 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Random;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.AntClassLoader;
-import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.Execute;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.LogOutputStream;
@@ -265,14 +264,7 @@ public class JUnitTask extends Task
      */
     public void setMaxmemory( String max )
     {
-        if( Project.getJavaVersion().startsWith( "1.1" ) )
-        {
-            createJvmarg().setValue( "-mx" + max );
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            createJvmarg().setValue( "-Xmx" + max );
-        }
+        createJvmarg().setValue( "-Xmx" + max );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/AbstractMetamataTask.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/AbstractMetamataTask.java
index 30b40cc46..34b30101c 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/AbstractMetamataTask.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/AbstractMetamataTask.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Random;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner;
-import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.Execute;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Argument;
@@ -119,14 +118,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMetamataTask extends Task
      */
     public void setMaxmemory( String max )
     {
-        if( Project.getJavaVersion().startsWith( "1.1" ) )
-        {
-            createJvmarg().setValue( "-mx" + max );
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            createJvmarg().setValue( "-Xmx" + max );
-        }
+        createJvmarg().setValue( "-Xmx" + max );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/MParse.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/MParse.java
index 4da972fbf..a93b21433 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/MParse.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/MParse.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Random;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
-import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.Execute;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.ExecuteStreamHandler;
@@ -102,14 +101,7 @@ public class MParse extends Task
      */
     public void setMaxmemory( String max )
     {
-        if( Project.getJavaVersion().startsWith( "1.1" ) )
-        {
-            createJvmarg().setValue( "-mx" + max );
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            createJvmarg().setValue( "-Xmx" + max );
-        }
+        createJvmarg().setValue( "-Xmx" + max );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/rmic/DefaultRmicAdapter.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/rmic/DefaultRmicAdapter.java
index a976e1c73..0e278c532 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/rmic/DefaultRmicAdapter.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/rmic/DefaultRmicAdapter.java
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Random;
 import org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.AbstractLogEnabled;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
-import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Rmic;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Commandline;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Path;
@@ -113,18 +112,8 @@ public abstract class DefaultRmicAdapter
 
         if( attributes.getExtdirs() != null )
         {
-            if( Project.getJavaVersion().startsWith( "1.1" ) )
-            {
-                /*
-                 * XXX - This doesn't mix very well with build.systemclasspath,
-                 */
-                classpath.addExtdirs( attributes.getExtdirs() );
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-extdirs" );
-                cmd.createArgument().setPath( attributes.getExtdirs() );
-            }
+            cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-extdirs" );
+            cmd.createArgument().setPath( attributes.getExtdirs() );
         }
 
         cmd.createArgument().setValue( "-classpath" );
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/types/CommandlineJava.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/types/CommandlineJava.java
index 215bc04d8..007da50bd 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/types/CommandlineJava.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/types/CommandlineJava.java
@@ -26,24 +26,21 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
  */
 public class CommandlineJava implements Cloneable
 {
-
     private Commandline vmCommand = new Commandline();
     private Commandline javaCommand = new Commandline();
     private SysProperties sysProperties = new SysProperties();
-    private Path classpath = null;
-    private String maxMemory = null;
+    private Path classpath;
+    private String maxMemory;
 
     /**
      * Indicate whether it will execute a jar file or not, in this case the
      * first vm option must be a -jar and the 'executable' is a jar file.
      */
-    private boolean executeJar = false;
-    private String vmVersion;
+    private boolean executeJar;
 
     public CommandlineJava()
     {
         setVm( getJavaExecutableName() );
-        setVmversion( Project.getJavaVersion() );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -89,11 +86,6 @@ public class CommandlineJava implements Cloneable
         vmCommand.setExecutable( vm );
     }
 
-    public void setVmversion( String value )
-    {
-        vmVersion = value;
-    }
-
     /**
      * @return the name of the class to run or <tt>null</tt> if there is no
      *      class.
@@ -185,11 +177,6 @@ public class CommandlineJava implements Cloneable
         return getActualVMCommand();
     }
 
-    public String getVmversion()
-    {
-        return vmVersion;
-    }
-
     public void addSysproperty( EnvironmentVariable sysp )
     {
         sysProperties.addVariable( sysp );
@@ -214,7 +201,6 @@ public class CommandlineJava implements Cloneable
         {
             c.classpath = (Path)classpath.clone();
         }
-        c.vmVersion = vmVersion;
         c.executeJar = executeJar;
         return c;
     }
@@ -285,14 +271,7 @@ public class CommandlineJava implements Cloneable
         Commandline actualVMCommand = (Commandline)vmCommand.clone();
         if( maxMemory != null )
         {
-            if( vmVersion.startsWith( "1.1" ) )
-            {
-                actualVMCommand.createArgument().setValue( "-mx" + maxMemory );
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                actualVMCommand.createArgument().setValue( "-Xmx" + maxMemory );
-            }
+            actualVMCommand.createArgument().setValue( "-Xmx" + maxMemory );
         }
         return actualVMCommand;
     }
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/types/Path.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/types/Path.java
index 55117e3ac..e0dc4992e 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/types/Path.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/types/Path.java
@@ -353,12 +353,6 @@ public class Path
             kaffeJarFiles.setIncludes( "*.jar" );
             addFileset( kaffeJarFiles );
         }
-        else if( Project.getJavaVersion() == Project.JAVA_1_1 )
-        {
-            final String classes = System.getProperty( "java.home" ) +
-                File.separator + "lib" + File.separator + "classes.zip";
-            addExisting( new Path( classes ) );
-        }
         else
         {
             // JDK > 1.1 seems to set java.home to the JRE directory.