diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 710beb400e7..aad098a21fe 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -2049,6 +2049,8 @@ Release 0.20.3 - Unreleased
     comparators in initializers, which are no longer automatically run
     in Java 6 when a class is referenced. (cutting via omalley)
 
+    HADOOP-7072. Remove java5 dependencies from build. (cos)
+
 Release 0.20.2 - 2010-2-16
 
   NEW FEATURES
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 5db108c637e..1c3cddcfd27 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -886,7 +886,6 @@
        To use, specify -Dforrest.home=<base of Apache Forrest installation> on the command line." if="forrest.home">
     <exec dir="${docs.src}" executable="${forrest.home}/bin/forrest"
 	  failonerror="true">
-      <env key="JAVA_HOME" value="${java5.home}"/>
     </exec>
     <copy todir="${build.docs}">
       <fileset dir="${docs.src}/build/site/" />
@@ -903,7 +902,6 @@
         if="forrest.home">
     <exec dir="${src.docs.cn}" executable="${forrest.home}/bin/forrest" failonerror="true">
       <env key="LANG" value="en_US.utf8"/>
-      <env key="JAVA_HOME" value="${java5.home}"/>
     </exec>
     <copy todir="${build.docs.cn}">
       <fileset dir="${src.docs.cn}/build/site/" />
@@ -913,16 +911,11 @@
     <antcall target="changes-to-html"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="forrest.check" unless="forrest.home" depends="java5.check">
+  <target name="forrest.check" unless="forrest.home">
     <fail message="'forrest.home' is not defined. Please pass 
       -Dforrest.home=&lt;base of Apache Forrest installation&gt; to Ant on the command-line." />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="java5.check" unless="java5.home">
-    <fail message="'java5.home' is not defined.  Forrest requires Java 5.  
-       Please pass -Djava5.home=&lt;base of Java 5 distribution&gt; to Ant on the command-line." />
-  </target>
-	
   <target name="javadoc-dev" depends="compile, ivy-retrieve-javadoc" description="Generate javadoc for hadoop developers">
     <mkdir dir="${build.javadoc.dev}"/>
     <javadoc
@@ -1527,7 +1520,6 @@
     <arg value="${findbugs.home}"/>
     <arg value="${forrest.home}"/>
     <arg value="${basedir}"/>
-    <arg value="${java5.home}"/>
   </exec>
 </target>
 
@@ -1549,7 +1541,6 @@
     <arg value="${python.home}"/>
     <arg value="${basedir}"/>
     <arg value="${jira.passwd}"/>
-    <arg value="${java5.home}"/>
     <arg value="${curl.cmd}"/>
     <arg value="${defect}"/>
   </exec>
diff --git a/src/docs/cn/forrest.properties b/src/docs/cn/forrest.properties
index 0bfc7f8b4d8..fa31a244c2b 100644
--- a/src/docs/cn/forrest.properties
+++ b/src/docs/cn/forrest.properties
@@ -71,10 +71,13 @@
 #forrest.validate=true
 #forrest.validate.xdocs=${forrest.validate}
 #forrest.validate.skinconf=${forrest.validate}
-#forrest.validate.sitemap=${forrest.validate}
-#forrest.validate.stylesheets=${forrest.validate}
+# Workaround (HADOOP-7072) for http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FOR-984
+# Remove when forrest-0.9 is available
+forrest.validate.sitemap=false
+forrest.validate.stylesheets=false
+forrest.validate.skins.stylesheets=false
+# End of forrest-0.8 + JDK6 workaround
 #forrest.validate.skins=${forrest.validate}
-#forrest.validate.skins.stylesheets=${forrest.validate.skins}
 
 # *.failonerror=(true|false) - stop when an XML file is invalid
 #forrest.validate.failonerror=true
diff --git a/src/docs/forrest.properties b/src/docs/forrest.properties
index 8f31f1fabbc..14416af4ba4 100644
--- a/src/docs/forrest.properties
+++ b/src/docs/forrest.properties
@@ -71,10 +71,13 @@
 #forrest.validate=true
 #forrest.validate.xdocs=${forrest.validate}
 #forrest.validate.skinconf=${forrest.validate}
-#forrest.validate.sitemap=${forrest.validate}
-#forrest.validate.stylesheets=${forrest.validate}
+# Workaround (HADOOP-7072) for http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FOR-984
+# Remove when forrest-0.9 is available
+forrest.validate.sitemap=false
+forrest.validate.stylesheets=false
+# End of forrest-0.8 + JDK6 workaround
 #forrest.validate.skins=${forrest.validate}
-#forrest.validate.skins.stylesheets=${forrest.validate.skins}
+forrest.validate.skins.stylesheets=false
 
 # *.failonerror=(true|false) - stop when an XML file is invalid
 #forrest.validate.failonerror=true
diff --git a/src/test/bin/test-patch.sh b/src/test/bin/test-patch.sh
index 0a578079c16..e602774bcea 100755
--- a/src/test/bin/test-patch.sh
+++ b/src/test/bin/test-patch.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ parseArgs() {
       ### Set HUDSON to true to indicate that this script is being run by Hudson
       HUDSON=true
       if [[ $# != 18 ]] ; then
-        echo "ERROR: usage $0 HUDSON <PATCH_DIR> <SUPPORT_DIR> <PS_CMD> <WGET_CMD> <JIRACLI> <SVN_CMD> <GREP_CMD> <PATCH_CMD> <FINDBUGS_HOME> <FORREST_HOME> <ECLIPSE_HOME> <PYTHON_HOME> <WORKSPACE_BASEDIR> <JIRA_PASSWD> <JAVA5_HOME> <CURL_CMD> <DEFECT> "
+        echo "ERROR: usage $0 HUDSON <PATCH_DIR> <SUPPORT_DIR> <PS_CMD> <WGET_CMD> <JIRACLI> <SVN_CMD> <GREP_CMD> <PATCH_CMD> <FINDBUGS_HOME> <FORREST_HOME> <ECLIPSE_HOME> <PYTHON_HOME> <WORKSPACE_BASEDIR> <JIRA_PASSWD> <CURL_CMD> <DEFECT> "
         cleanupAndExit 0
       fi
       PATCH_DIR=$2
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ parseArgs() {
       PYTHON_HOME=${13}
       BASEDIR=${14}
       JIRA_PASSWD=${15}
-      JAVA5_HOME=${16}
       CURL=${17}
       defect=${18}
 		
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ parseArgs() {
       ### Set HUDSON to false to indicate that this script is being run by a developer
       HUDSON=false
       if [[ $# != 10 ]] ; then
-        echo "ERROR: usage $0 DEVELOPER <PATCH_FILE> <SCRATCH_DIR> <SVN_CMD> <GREP_CMD> <PATCH_CMD> <FINDBUGS_HOME> <FORREST_HOME> <WORKSPACE_BASEDIR> <JAVA5_HOME>"
+        echo "ERROR: usage $0 DEVELOPER <PATCH_FILE> <SCRATCH_DIR> <SVN_CMD> <GREP_CMD> <PATCH_CMD> <FINDBUGS_HOME> <FORREST_HOME> <WORKSPACE_BASEDIR>"
         cleanupAndExit 0
       fi
       ### PATCH_FILE contains the location of the patchfile
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ parseArgs() {
       FINDBUGS_HOME=$7
       FORREST_HOME=$8
       BASEDIR=$9
-      JAVA5_HOME=${10}
       ### Obtain the patch filename to append it to the version number
       defect=`basename $PATCH_FILE` 
       ;;
@@ -181,8 +179,8 @@ setup () {
   echo "======================================================================"
   echo ""
   echo ""
-  echo "$ANT_HOME/bin/ant  -Djavac.args="-Xlint -Xmaxwarns 1000" $ECLIPSE_PROPERTY -Djava5.home=${JAVA5_HOME} -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -D${PROJECT_NAME}PatchProcess= clean tar > $PATCH_DIR/trunkJavacWarnings.txt 2>&1"
- $ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Djavac.args="-Xlint -Xmaxwarns 1000" $ECLIPSE_PROPERTY -Djava5.home=${JAVA5_HOME} -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -D${PROJECT_NAME}PatchProcess= clean tar > $PATCH_DIR/trunkJavacWarnings.txt 2>&1
+  echo "$ANT_HOME/bin/ant  -Djavac.args="-Xlint -Xmaxwarns 1000" $ECLIPSE_PROPERTY -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -D${PROJECT_NAME}PatchProcess= clean tar > $PATCH_DIR/trunkJavacWarnings.txt 2>&1"
+ $ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Djavac.args="-Xlint -Xmaxwarns 1000" $ECLIPSE_PROPERTY -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -D${PROJECT_NAME}PatchProcess= clean tar > $PATCH_DIR/trunkJavacWarnings.txt 2>&1
   if [[ $? != 0 ]] ; then
     echo "Trunk compilation is broken?"
     cleanupAndExit 1
@@ -329,8 +327,8 @@ checkJavacWarnings () {
   echo "======================================================================"
   echo ""
   echo ""
-  echo "$ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -Djavac.args="-Xlint -Xmaxwarns 1000" $ECLIPSE_PROPERTY -Djava5.home=${JAVA5_HOME} -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -DHadoopPatchProcess= clean tar > $PATCH_DIR/patchJavacWarnings.txt 2>&1"
-  $ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -Djavac.args="-Xlint -Xmaxwarns 1000" $ECLIPSE_PROPERTY -Djava5.home=${JAVA5_HOME} -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -DHadoopPatchProcess= clean tar > $PATCH_DIR/patchJavacWarnings.txt 2>&1
+  echo "$ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -Djavac.args="-Xlint -Xmaxwarns 1000" $ECLIPSE_PROPERTY -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -DHadoopPatchProcess= clean tar > $PATCH_DIR/patchJavacWarnings.txt 2>&1"
+  $ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -Djavac.args="-Xlint -Xmaxwarns 1000" $ECLIPSE_PROPERTY -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -DHadoopPatchProcess= clean tar > $PATCH_DIR/patchJavacWarnings.txt 2>&1
   if [[ $? != 0 ]] ; then
     JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
 
@@ -369,8 +367,8 @@ checkReleaseAuditWarnings () {
   echo "======================================================================"
   echo ""
   echo ""
-  echo "$ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -Djava5.home=${JAVA5_HOME} -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -DHadoopPatchProcess= releaseaudit > $PATCH_DIR/patchReleaseAuditWarnings.txt 2>&1"
-  $ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -Djava5.home=${JAVA5_HOME} -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -DHadoopPatchProcess= releaseaudit > $PATCH_DIR/patchReleaseAuditWarnings.txt 2>&1
+  echo "$ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -DHadoopPatchProcess= releaseaudit > $PATCH_DIR/patchReleaseAuditWarnings.txt 2>&1"
+  $ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -DHadoopPatchProcess= releaseaudit > $PATCH_DIR/patchReleaseAuditWarnings.txt 2>&1
 
   ### Compare trunk and patch release audit warning numbers
   if [[ -f $PATCH_DIR/patchReleaseAuditWarnings.txt ]] ; then
@@ -443,8 +441,8 @@ checkFindbugsWarnings () {
   echo "======================================================================"
   echo ""
   echo ""
-  echo "$ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -Dfindbugs.home=$FINDBUGS_HOME -Djava5.home=${JAVA5_HOME} -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -DHadoopPatchProcess= findbugs"
-  $ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -Dfindbugs.home=$FINDBUGS_HOME -Djava5.home=${JAVA5_HOME} -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -DHadoopPatchProcess= findbugs
+  echo "$ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -Dfindbugs.home=$FINDBUGS_HOME -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -DHadoopPatchProcess= findbugs"
+  $ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -Dfindbugs.home=$FINDBUGS_HOME} -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -DHadoopPatchProcess= findbugs
   if [ $? != 0 ] ; then
     JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
 
@@ -498,8 +496,8 @@ runCoreTests () {
      PreTestTarget="create-c++-configure"
   fi
 
-  echo "$ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -DHadoopPatchProcess= -Dtest.junit.output.format=xml -Dtest.output=no -Dcompile.c++=yes -Dforrest.home=$FORREST_HOME -Djava5.home=$JAVA5_HOME $PreTestTarget test-core"
-  $ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -DHadoopPatchProcess= -Dtest.junit.output.format=xml -Dtest.output=no -Dcompile.c++=yes -Dforrest.home=$FORREST_HOME -Djava5.home=$JAVA5_HOME $PreTestTarget test-core
+  echo "$ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -DHadoopPatchProcess= -Dtest.junit.output.format=xml -Dtest.output=no -Dcompile.c++=yes -Dforrest.home=$FORREST_HOME $PreTestTarget test-core"
+  $ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -DHadoopPatchProcess= -Dtest.junit.output.format=xml -Dtest.output=no -Dcompile.c++=yes -Dforrest.home=$FORREST_HOME  $PreTestTarget test-core
   if [[ $? != 0 ]] ; then
     ### Find and format names of failed tests
     failed_tests=`grep -l -E "<failure|<error" $WORKSPACE/trunk/build/test/*.xml | sed -e "s|.*build/test/TEST-|                  |g" | sed -e "s|\.xml||g"`
@@ -561,8 +559,8 @@ checkInjectSystemFaults () {
   ### Kill any rogue build processes from the last attempt
   $PS auxwww | $GREP HadoopPatchProcess | /usr/bin/nawk '{print $2}' | /usr/bin/xargs -t -I {} /bin/kill -9 {} > /dev/null
 
-  echo "$ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -DHadoopPatchProcess= -Dtest.junit.output.format=xml -Dtest.output=no -Dcompile.c++=yes -Dforrest.home=$FORREST_HOME -Djava5.home=$JAVA5_HOME inject-system-faults"
-  $ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -DHadoopPatchProcess= -Dtest.junit.output.format=xml -Dtest.output=no -Dcompile.c++=yes -Dforrest.home=$FORREST_HOME -Djava5.home=$JAVA5_HOME inject-system-faults
+  echo "$ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -DHadoopPatchProcess= -Dtest.junit.output.format=xml -Dtest.output=no -Dcompile.c++=yes -Dforrest.home=$FORREST_HOME inject-system-faults"
+  $ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -DHadoopPatchProcess= -Dtest.junit.output.format=xml -Dtest.output=no -Dcompile.c++=yes -Dforrest.home=$FORREST_HOME inject-system-faults
   if [[ $? != 0 ]] ; then
     JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT