diff --git a/core/combo/javac.mk b/core/combo/javac.mk
index 5c2668c..6d05e06 100644
--- a/core/combo/javac.mk
+++ b/core/combo/javac.mk
@@ -16,16 +16,20 @@
 
 common_jdk_flags := -Xmaxerrs 9999999
 
+ANDROID_JAVA_HOME := prebuilts/jdk/jdk8/$(HOST_PREBUILT_TAG)
+ANDROID_JAVA_TOOLCHAIN := $(ANDROID_JAVA_HOME)/bin
+export JAVA_HOME := $(ANDROID_JAVA_HOME)
+
 # Use the indexer wrapper to index the codebase instead of the javac compiler
 ifeq ($(ALTERNATE_JAVAC),)
-JAVACC := javac
+JAVACC := $(ANDROID_JAVA_TOOLCHAIN)/javac
 else
 JAVACC := $(ALTERNATE_JAVAC)
 endif
 
-JAVA := java
-JAVADOC := javadoc
-JAR := jar
+JAVA := $(ANDROID_JAVA_TOOLCHAIN)/java
+JAVADOC := $(ANDROID_JAVA_TOOLCHAIN)/javadoc
+JAR := $(ANDROID_JAVA_TOOLCHAIN)/jar
 
 # The actual compiler can be wrapped by setting the JAVAC_WRAPPER var.
 ifdef JAVAC_WRAPPER
@@ -34,16 +38,8 @@
     endif
 endif
 
-# Whatever compiler is on this system.
 COMMON_JAVAC := $(JAVACC) -J-Xmx2048M $(common_jdk_flags)
 
-# Eclipse.
-ifeq ($(CUSTOM_JAVA_COMPILER), eclipse)
-    COMMON_JAVAC := java -Xmx256m -jar prebuilt/common/ecj/ecj.jar -5 \
-        -maxProblems 9999999 -nowarn
-    $(info CUSTOM_JAVA_COMPILER=eclipse)
-endif
-
 GLOBAL_JAVAC_DEBUG_FLAGS := -g
 
 HOST_JAVAC ?= $(COMMON_JAVAC)
diff --git a/core/config.mk b/core/config.mk
index f839d3d..00a3c3b 100644
--- a/core/config.mk
+++ b/core/config.mk
@@ -675,22 +675,13 @@
 
 COLUMN:= column
 
-# We may not have the right JAVA_HOME/PATH set up yet when this is run from envsetup.sh.
-ifneq ($(CALLED_FROM_SETUP),true)
-
 # Path to tools.jar, or empty if EXPERIMENTAL_USE_OPENJDK9 is set
 HOST_JDK_TOOLS_JAR :=
 # TODO: Remove HOST_JDK_TOOLS_JAR and all references to it once OpenJDK 8
 # toolchains are no longer supported (i.e. when what is now
 # EXPERIMENTAL_USE_OPENJDK9 becomes the standard). http://b/38418220
 ifeq ($(EXPERIMENTAL_USE_OPENJDK9),)
-HOST_JDK_TOOLS_JAR := $(shell $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/find-jdk-tools-jar.sh)
-
-ifneq ($(HOST_JDK_TOOLS_JAR),)
-ifeq ($(wildcard $(HOST_JDK_TOOLS_JAR)),)
-$(error Error: could not find jdk tools.jar at $(HOST_JDK_TOOLS_JAR), please check if your JDK was installed correctly)
-endif
-endif
+HOST_JDK_TOOLS_JAR := $(ANDROID_JAVA_TOOLCHAIN)/../lib/tools.jar
 endif # ifeq ($(EXPERIMENTAL_USE_OPENJDK9),)
 
 # Is the host JDK 64-bit version?
@@ -698,7 +689,6 @@
 ifneq ($(filter 64-Bit, $(shell $(JAVA) -version 2>&1)),)
 HOST_JDK_IS_64BIT_VERSION := true
 endif
-endif  # CALLED_FROM_SETUP not true
 
 # It's called md5 on Mac OS and md5sum on Linux
 ifeq ($(HOST_OS),darwin)
@@ -848,6 +838,17 @@
 unexport JAVA_HOME
 export ANDROID_BUILD_PATHS:=$(abspath $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/no_java_path):$(ANDROID_BUILD_PATHS)
 export PATH:=$(abspath $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/no_java_path):$(PATH)
+else
+  # Put java first on the path
+  # TODO(ccross): remove this once tools run during the build no longer depend on
+  # finding java in the path
+  ifeq (,$(strip $(CALLED_FROM_SETUP)))
+    ifneq ($(shell which java),$(abspath $(ANDROID_JAVA_TOOLCHAIN)/java))
+      $(warning Found incorrect java $(shell which java) in $$PATH)
+      $(warning Adding $(abspath $(ANDROID_JAVA_TOOLCHAIN)) to $$PATH)
+      export PATH:=$(abspath $(ANDROID_JAVA_TOOLCHAIN)):$(PATH)
+    endif
+  endif
 endif
 
 # Projects clean of compiler warnings should be compiled with -Werror.
diff --git a/core/find-jdk-tools-jar.sh b/core/find-jdk-tools-jar.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ac0b3b6..0000000
--- a/core/find-jdk-tools-jar.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-if [ "x$ANDROID_JAVA_HOME" != x ] && [ -e "$ANDROID_JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar" ] ; then
-    echo $ANDROID_JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar
-else
-    JAVAC=$(realpath $(which javac) 2>/dev/null)
-    if [ -z "$JAVAC" ]; then
-        JAVAC=$(readlink -f $(which javac) 2>/dev/null)
-    fi
-    if [ -z "$JAVAC" ]; then
-        JAVAC=$(which javac)
-    fi
-    if [ -z "$JAVAC" ] ; then
-        exit 1
-    fi
-    while [ -L "$JAVAC" ] ; do
-        LSLINE=$(ls -l "$JAVAC")
-        JAVAC=$(echo -n "$LSLINE" | sed -e "s/.* -> //")
-    done
-    echo $JAVAC | sed -e 's:\(.*\)/javac$:\1/../lib/tools.jar:'
-fi