diff -r 3afcaff239f5 -r a33456868903 nashorn/make/build-benchmark.xml
--- a/nashorn/make/build-benchmark.xml	Thu Mar 24 15:34:50 2016 -0700
+++ b/nashorn/make/build-benchmark.xml	Wed Jul 05 21:30:02 2017 +0200
@@ -278,8 +278,14 @@
   -->
   <target name="octane-nashorn" depends="jar">
     <property name="runtime" value="nashorn"/>
-    <antcall target="octane-process-separate"/>
-    <antcall target="octane-process-single"/>
+    <!--
+       Temporarily disabled because ant script tag is broken with
+       jdk9. See also: JDK-8152533.
+
+       <antcall target="octane-process-separate"/>
+       <antcall target="octane-process-single"/>
+    -->
+    <echo message="octane target temporarily disabled"/>
   </target>
 
   <!-- alias for 'octane' -->