diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index af581f76..ae24c6b5 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
           :metadata {:doc/format :markdown}}
   :scm {:name "git"
         :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"}
-  ;; TODO: need to verify that the code actually worked with Java1.8, see #242
-  :javac-options ["-Xlint:unchecked" "-target" "1.8" "-source" "1.8"]
+  :javac-options ["-Xlint:unchecked" "--release" "8"]
   :managed-dependencies [[metosin/reitit "0.4.0-SNAPSHOT"]
                          [metosin/reitit-core "0.4.0-SNAPSHOT"]
                          [metosin/reitit-dev "0.4.0-SNAPSHOT"]