Please review this simple patch: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ptbrunet/JDK-8071334/webrev.00/
There was some old "if JDK 1.4" code that was removed via this patch. There was no version string change impact; the JAB (Java Access Bridge) just passes the java.version property through via the JAB GetVersionInfo method and users of the JAB don't use the string other than jaccessinspector.exe displays it. Pete