diff --git a/project/Release.scala b/project/Release.scala
index 11c5c2a0e..a7633e5e3 100644
--- a/project/Release.scala
+++ b/project/Release.scala
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ object Release extends Build {
       // Note - This will eitehr issue a failure or succeed.
       getCredentials(credentials.value, streams.value.log)
     }
-  ) ++ lameCredentialSettings
+  ) ++ lameCredentialSettings ++ javaVersionCheckSettings
 
   def snapshotPattern(version: String) = Resolver.localBasePattern.replaceAll("""\[revision\]""", version)
   def publishResolver: Project.Initialize[Option[Resolver]] = (remoteID, remoteBase) { (id, base) =>
diff --git a/project/Sbt.scala b/project/Sbt.scala
index a72566412..5b2453dfb 100644
--- a/project/Sbt.scala
+++ b/project/Sbt.scala
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ object Sbt extends Build {
   def releaseSettings = Release.settings(nonRoots, proguard in Proguard)
   def rootSettings = releaseSettings ++ fullDocSettings ++ LaunchProguard.settings ++ LaunchProguard.specific(launchSub) ++
     Util.publishPomSettings ++ otherRootSettings ++ proguardedLauncherSettings ++ Formatting.sbtFilesSettings ++
-    Transform.conscriptSettings(launchSub) ++ Release.javaVersionCheckSettings
+    Transform.conscriptSettings(launchSub)
   def otherRootSettings = Seq(
     scripted <<= scriptedTask,
     scriptedUnpublished <<= scriptedUnpublishedTask,