--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Wed Jun 11 12:09:12 2014 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Wed Jun 11 09:58:23 2014 -0400
@@ -222,10 +222,8 @@
   const char* spec_vendor = "Sun Microsystems Inc.";
   uint32_t spec_version = 0;
 
-  if (JDK_Version::is_gte_jdk17x_version()) {
-    spec_vendor = "Oracle Corporation";
-    spec_version = JDK_Version::current().major_version();
-  }
+  spec_vendor = "Oracle Corporation";
+  spec_version = JDK_Version::current().major_version();
   jio_snprintf(buffer, bufsz, "1." UINT32_FORMAT, spec_version);
 
   PropertyList_add(&_system_properties,
@@ -3695,14 +3693,6 @@
     PrintGC = true;
   }
 
-  if (!JDK_Version::is_gte_jdk18x_version()) {
-    // To avoid changing the log format for 7 updates this flag is only
-    // true by default in JDK8 and above.
-    if (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(PrintGCCause)) {
-      FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(PrintGCCause, false);
-    }
-  }
-
   // Set object alignment values.
   set_object_alignment();