diff --git a/databases/mysql-connector-java51/Makefile b/databases/mysql-connector-java51/Makefile
index f70ca7257751..0cacc4a1e735 100644
--- a/databases/mysql-connector-java51/Makefile
+++ b/databases/mysql-connector-java51/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	mysql-connector-java-8*
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 USE_JAVA=	yes
-JAVA_VERSION=	1.6 1.7 1.8
+JAVA_VERSION=	1.7 1.8
 BUILDDIR=	${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}
 APIDOCSDIR=	${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}/javadoc
 SRCDIR=		${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}/src