diff --git a/htroot/Status.html b/htroot/Status.html
index f401ec8e9..58c311463 100644
--- a/htroot/Status.html
+++ b/htroot/Status.html
@@ -170,15 +170,6 @@
     </dd>
     #(/hintCrawlMonitor)#
     
-    #(hintJREVersion)#::
-    <dt class="hintIcon"><img src="env/grafics/idea.png" width="32" height="32" alt="idea"/></dt>
-	<dd class="hint">
-	Your Java version is old. YaCy currently needs Java 1.7 but we want to migrate to Java 1.8 in the future.
-	Migration to 1.8 won't happen until end of 2016, but we want to join code with YaCy's sister project <a href="http://loklak.org">loklak.org</a>
-	and with a possible re-construction of YaCy in the <a href="http://kaskelix.de">kaskelix</a> architecture which will be using Java 1.8
-    </dd>
-    #(/hintJREVersion)#
-    
     #(hintSupport)#::
     <dt class="hintIcon"><img src="env/grafics/idea.png" width="32" height="32" alt="idea"/></dt>
 	<dd class="hint">If you need professional support, please write to <tt>support@yacy.net</tt><br>For community support, please visit our <a href="http://forum.yacy.de" target="_blank">forum</a>.
diff --git a/htroot/Status.java b/htroot/Status.java
index 47097c2df..60b308626 100644
--- a/htroot/Status.java
+++ b/htroot/Status.java
@@ -173,10 +173,6 @@ public class Status
             prop.put("hintCrawlMonitor", "1");
         }
 
-        if (!System.getProperty("java.version").startsWith("1.8")) {
-            prop.put("hintJREVersion", "1");
-        }
-
         if (adminaccess && "intranet|webportal|allip".indexOf(env.getConfig(SwitchboardConstants.NETWORK_NAME, "unspecified")) >= 0) {
             prop.put("hintSupport", "1");
         }