diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/maven/plugins/hpi/RunMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/maven/plugins/hpi/RunMojo.java
index 53ad4c5488..3453bf0399 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/maven/plugins/hpi/RunMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/maven/plugins/hpi/RunMojo.java
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -704,7 +703,7 @@ public void finishConfigurationBeforeStart() throws Exception {
         try {
             // for Jenkins modules, swap the component from jenkins.war by target/classes
             // via classloader magic
-            WebAppClassLoader wacl = new WebAppClassLoader(new JettyAndServletApiOnlyClassLoader(getPlatformClassLoader(),getClass().getClassLoader()),wac) {
+            WebAppClassLoader wacl = new WebAppClassLoader(new JettyAndServletApiOnlyClassLoader(ClassLoader.getPlatformClassLoader(),getClass().getClassLoader()),wac) {
                 private final Pattern exclusionPattern;
                 {
                     if (getProject().getPackaging().equals("jenkins-module")) {
@@ -747,17 +746,6 @@ public void addJars(org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.Resource lib) {
         }
     }
 
-    private ClassLoader getPlatformClassLoader() throws NoSuchMethodException, InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException {
-        if (isPostJava8()) {
-            return (ClassLoader) ClassLoader.class.getMethod("getPlatformClassLoader").invoke(null);
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    private boolean isPostJava8() {
-        return !System.getProperty("java.version").startsWith("1.");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void startJetty() throws MojoExecutionException {
         if (httpConnector == null && (defaultPort != 0 || (defaultHost != null && !defaultHost.isEmpty()))) {