diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/.classpath b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/.classpath
index 065ac06e197..472ee29b11e 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/.classpath
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/.classpath
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 <classpath>
 	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.pde.core.requiredPlugins"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/J2SE-1.5"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..18ff3fa4b7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#Fri Feb 01 08:50:32 CET 2008
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.5
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.unusedLocal=preserve
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.5
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.lineNumber=generate
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.localVariable=generate
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.sourceFile=generate
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.5
diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/build.properties b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/build.properties
index d0dc3452efb..fc16b0c8f00 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/build.properties
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/build.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ###############################################################################
-# Copyright (c) 2003, 2006 QNX Software Systems and others.
+# Copyright (c) 2003, 2008 QNX Software Systems and others.
 # All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 # are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 # which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ src.includes = schema/,\
                .options
 
 source.. = src/
+
+jre.compilation.profile=J2SE-1.5
+javacSource=1.5
+javacTarget=1.5
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/build.properties b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/build.properties
index 6ecdcdefcc1..0d160daa324 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/build.properties
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/build.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ###############################################################################
-# Copyright (c) 2003, 2007 IBM Corporation and others.
+# Copyright (c) 2003, 2008 IBM Corporation and others.
 # All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 # are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 # which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ source.. = src/,\
            utils.ui/,\
            templateengine/
 
-jre.compilation.profile=J2SE-1.4
-javacSource=1.4
-javacTarget=1.4
+jre.compilation.profile=J2SE-1.5
+javacSource=1.5
+javacTarget=1.5