diff --git a/jaxws-ri/tools/wscompile/src/main/java/com/sun/tools/ws/Invoker.java b/jaxws-ri/tools/wscompile/src/main/java/com/sun/tools/ws/Invoker.java
index e71059e4f..485716525 100644
--- a/jaxws-ri/tools/wscompile/src/main/java/com/sun/tools/ws/Invoker.java
+++ b/jaxws-ri/tools/wscompile/src/main/java/com/sun/tools/ws/Invoker.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2019 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2021 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0, which is available at
@@ -90,9 +90,10 @@ static int invoke(String mainClass, String[] args) throws Throwable {
         ClassLoader oldcc = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
         try {
             ClassLoader cl = Invoker.class.getClassLoader();
-            if(Arrays.asList(args).contains("-Xendorsed"))
-                cl = createClassLoader(cl); // perform JDK6 workaround hack
-            else {
+            //XXX - kept here for the future to resurect ability to run with older apis
+//            if(Arrays.asList(args).contains("-Xendorsed"))
+//                cl = createClassLoader(cl); // perform JDK6 workaround hack
+//            else {
                 int targetArgIndex = Arrays.asList(args).indexOf("-target"); 
                 Options.Target targetVersion;
                 if (targetArgIndex != -1) {
@@ -112,6 +113,11 @@ static int invoke(String mainClass, String[] args) throws Throwable {
                     return -1;
                 }
 
+//            }
+            //if loaded by bootstrap, cl can be null, let's use the loader
+            //we have in that case
+            if (cl == null) {
+                cl = oldcc;
             }
             //if loaded by bootstrap, cl can be null, let's use the loader
             //we have in that case