diff --git a/script/compile b/script/compile
index 11988818..79177224 100755
--- a/script/compile
+++ b/script/compile
@@ -21,38 +21,37 @@ then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-$GRAALVM_HOME/bin/gu install native-image
-
+"$GRAALVM_HOME/bin/gu" install native-image
 
 export JAVA_HOME=$GRAALVM_HOME
 
 SVM_JAR=$(find "$GRAALVM_HOME" | grep svm.jar)
-$GRAALVM_HOME/bin/javac -cp "$SVM_JAR" resources/CutOffCoreServicesDependencies.java
+"$GRAALVM_HOME/bin/javac" -cp "$SVM_JAR" resources/CutOffCoreServicesDependencies.java
 
 BABASHKA_FEATURE_HSQLDB=${BABASHKA_FEATURE_HSQLDB:-}
 
 BABASHKA_BINARY=${BABASHKA_BINARY:-"bb"}
 
-args=( -jar $BABASHKA_JAR \
-            -H:Name=$BABASHKA_BINARY \
-            -H:+ReportExceptionStackTraces \
-            -J-Dclojure.spec.skip-macros=true \
-            -J-Dclojure.compiler.direct-linking=true \
-            "-H:IncludeResources=BABASHKA_VERSION" \
-            "-H:IncludeResources=SCI_VERSION" \
-            -H:ReflectionConfigurationFiles=reflection.json \
-            --initialize-at-run-time=java.lang.Math\$RandomNumberGeneratorHolder \
-            --initialize-at-build-time \
-            -H:Log=registerResource: \
-            -H:EnableURLProtocols=http,https \
-            --enable-all-security-services \
-            -H:+JNI \
-            --verbose \
-            --no-fallback \
-            --no-server \
-            --report-unsupported-elements-at-runtime \
-            "--initialize-at-run-time=org.postgresql.sspi.SSPIClient" \
-            "$BABASHKA_XMX" )
+args=( "-jar" "$BABASHKA_JAR"
+       "-H:Name=$BABASHKA_BINARY"
+       "-H:+ReportExceptionStackTraces"
+       "-J-Dclojure.spec.skip-macros=true"
+       "-J-Dclojure.compiler.direct-linking=true"
+       "-H:IncludeResources=BABASHKA_VERSION"
+       "-H:IncludeResources=SCI_VERSION"
+       "-H:ReflectionConfigurationFiles=reflection.json"
+       "--initialize-at-run-time=java.lang.Math\$RandomNumberGeneratorHolder"
+       "--initialize-at-build-time"
+       "-H:Log=registerResource:"
+       "-H:EnableURLProtocols=http,https"
+       "--enable-all-security-services"
+       "-H:+JNI"
+       "--verbose"
+       "--no-fallback"
+       "--no-server"
+       "--report-unsupported-elements-at-runtime"
+       "--initialize-at-run-time=org.postgresql.sspi.SSPIClient"
+       "$BABASHKA_XMX" )
 
 BABASHKA_STATIC=${BABASHKA_STATIC:-}
 
@@ -63,9 +62,11 @@ fi
 BABASHKA_FEATURE_HSQLDB=${BABASHKA_FEATURE_HSQLDB:-}
 
 if [ "$BABASHKA_FEATURE_HSQLDB" = "true" ]; then
-    args+=("-H:IncludeResources=org/hsqldb/.*\.properties", "-H:IncludeResources=org/hsqldb/.*\.sql")
+    args+=("-H:IncludeResources=org/hsqldb/.*\.properties" "-H:IncludeResources=org/hsqldb/.*\.sql")
 fi
 
+BABASHKA_LEAN=${BABASHKA_LEAN:-}
+
 if [ "$BABASHKA_LEAN" = "true" ]
 then
     export BABASHKA_FEATURE_JDBC=false
@@ -78,4 +79,4 @@ then
     export BABAHSKA_FEATURE_TRANSIT=false
 fi
 
-$GRAALVM_HOME/bin/native-image "${args[@]}"
+"$GRAALVM_HOME/bin/native-image" "${args[@]}"
diff --git a/script/uberjar b/script/uberjar
index 2a41fef5..f7c77e1d 100755
--- a/script/uberjar
+++ b/script/uberjar
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ then
     export BABASHKA_FEATURE_CORE_ASYNC=false
     export BABASHKA_FEATURE_CSV=false
     export BABAHSKA_FEATURE_TRANSIT=false
+    export BABAHSKA_FEATURE_JAVA_TIME=false
 fi
 
 BABASHKA_LEIN_PROFILES="+uberjar"
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
index 964b9144..6a624d68 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
@@ -151,27 +151,28 @@
           java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission
           java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermissions
           java.security.MessageDigest
-          java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
-          java.time.Clock
-          java.time.DateTimeException
-          java.time.DayOfWeek
-          java.time.Duration
-          java.time.Instant
-          java.time.LocalDate
-          java.time.LocalDateTime
-          java.time.LocalTime
-          java.time.Month
-          java.time.MonthDay
-          java.time.OffsetDateTime
-          java.time.OffsetTime
-          java.time.Period
-          java.time.Year
-          java.time.YearMonth
-          java.time.ZonedDateTime
-          java.time.ZoneId
-          java.time.ZoneOffset
-          java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit
-          java.time.temporal.TemporalAccessor
+          ~@(when features/java-time?
+              '[java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
+                java.time.Clock
+                java.time.DateTimeException
+                java.time.DayOfWeek
+                java.time.Duration
+                java.time.Instant
+                java.time.LocalDate
+                java.time.LocalDateTime
+                java.time.LocalTime
+                java.time.Month
+                java.time.MonthDay
+                java.time.OffsetDateTime
+                java.time.OffsetTime
+                java.time.Period
+                java.time.Year
+                java.time.YearMonth
+                java.time.ZonedDateTime
+                java.time.ZoneId
+                java.time.ZoneOffset
+                java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit
+                java.time.temporal.TemporalAccessor])
           java.util.regex.Pattern
           java.util.Base64
           java.util.Base64$Decoder
@@ -186,8 +187,8 @@
           java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream
           java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream
           ~(symbol "[B")
-          ~@(when features/yaml? [`org.yaml.snakeyaml.error.YAMLException])
-          ~@(when features/hsqldb? [`org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver])]
+          ~@(when features/yaml? '[org.yaml.snakeyaml.error.YAMLException])
+          ~@(when features/hsqldb? '[org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver])]
     :constructors [clojure.lang.Delay
                    clojure.lang.MapEntry
                    clojure.lang.LineNumberingPushbackReader
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/features.clj b/src/babashka/impl/features.clj
index 7abaf507..88b15581 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/features.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/features.clj
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 (def core-async? (not= "false" (System/getenv "BABASHKA_FEATURE_CORE_ASYNC")))
 (def csv?        (not= "false" (System/getenv "BABASHKA_FEATURE_CSV")))
 (def transit?    (not= "false" (System/getenv "BABASHKA_FEATURE_TRANSIT")))
+(def java-time?  (not= "false" (System/getenv "BABASHKA_FEATURE_JAVA_TIME")))
 
 ;; excluded by default
 (def jdbc? (= "true" (System/getenv "BABASHKA_FEATURE_JDBC")))