diff --git a/Android.mk b/Android.mk
index 77d17ab..5053e7d 100644
--- a/Android.mk
+++ b/Android.mk
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-# TODO: remove this and all checks once we suport java6 only.
-java_version := $(shell java -version 2>&1 | head -n 1 | sed -e 's/[^0-9\._]//g')
-
 include $(call all-subdir-makefiles)
diff --git a/cgi/Android.mk b/cgi/Android.mk
index f954473..21c534b 100644
--- a/cgi/Android.mk
+++ b/cgi/Android.mk
@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@
 LOCAL_CFLAGS := -fPIC
 
 # This forces a 64-bit build for Java6
-ifneq ($(filter 1.6%,$(java_version)),)
-    LOCAL_CFLAGS += -m64
-    LOCAL_LDFLAGS += -m64
-endif
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -m64
+LOCAL_LDFLAGS += -m64
 
 LOCAL_NO_DEFAULT_COMPILER_FLAGS := true
 
diff --git a/cs/Android.mk b/cs/Android.mk
index 12eef22..9f0e30a 100644
--- a/cs/Android.mk
+++ b/cs/Android.mk
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@
 LOCAL_CFLAGS := -fPIC
 
 # This forces a 64-bit build for Java6
-ifneq ($(filter 1.6%,$(java_version)),)
-    LOCAL_CFLAGS += -m64
-    LOCAL_LDFLAGS += -m64
-endif
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -m64
+LOCAL_LDFLAGS += -m64
 
 LOCAL_NO_DEFAULT_COMPILER_FLAGS := true
 
diff --git a/java-jni/Android.mk b/java-jni/Android.mk
index 7e1edf0..21b4fd1 100644
--- a/java-jni/Android.mk
+++ b/java-jni/Android.mk
@@ -34,10 +34,8 @@
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -fPIC
 
 # This forces a 64-bit build for Java6
-ifneq ($(filter 1.6%,$(java_version)),)
-    LOCAL_CFLAGS += -m64
-    LOCAL_LDFLAGS += -m64
-endif
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -m64
+LOCAL_LDFLAGS += -m64
 
 LOCAL_NO_DEFAULT_COMPILER_FLAGS := true
 
diff --git a/util/Android.mk b/util/Android.mk
index e4e5e84..386f379 100644
--- a/util/Android.mk
+++ b/util/Android.mk
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@
 LOCAL_CFLAGS := -fPIC
 
 # This forces a 64-bit build for Java6
-ifneq ($(filter 1.6%,$(java_version)),)
-    LOCAL_CFLAGS += -m64
-    LOCAL_LDFLAGS += -m64
-endif
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -m64
+LOCAL_LDFLAGS += -m64
 
 LOCAL_NO_DEFAULT_COMPILER_FLAGS := true