diff --git a/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ClassLoadConfig.java b/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ClassLoadConfig.java
index 3c3648193..43edb4574 100644
--- a/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ClassLoadConfig.java
+++ b/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ClassLoadConfig.java
@@ -33,13 +33,6 @@ public class ClassLoadConfig {
     return isPresent("java.time.LocalDate");
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Return true if Java7 is present.
-   */
-  public boolean isJava7Present() {
-    return isPresent("java.nio.file.Path");
-  }
-
   /**
    * Return true if the Joda types are available and should be supported.
    */
diff --git a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/DefaultTypeManager.java b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/DefaultTypeManager.java
index 0fffe3f12..24bab9243 100644
--- a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/DefaultTypeManager.java
+++ b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/DefaultTypeManager.java
@@ -146,8 +146,6 @@ public final class DefaultTypeManager implements TypeManager {
 
   private final Object objectMapper;
 
-  private final boolean java7Present;
-
   private final boolean objectMapperPresent;
 
   private final boolean postgres;
@@ -187,8 +185,6 @@ public final class DefaultTypeManager implements TypeManager {
    * Create the DefaultTypeManager.
    */
   public DefaultTypeManager(DatabaseConfig config, BootupClasses bootupClasses) {
-
-    this.java7Present = config.getClassLoadConfig().isJava7Present();
     this.jsonDateTime = config.getJsonDateTime();
     this.jsonDate = config.getJsonDate();
     this.typeMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
@@ -345,13 +341,6 @@ public final class DefaultTypeManager implements TypeManager {
   }
 
   private ScalarType<?> checkInterfaceTypes(Class<?> type) {
-    if (java7Present) {
-      return checkJava7InterfaceTypes(type);
-    }
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  private ScalarType<?> checkJava7InterfaceTypes(Class<?> type) {
     if (java.nio.file.Path.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
       return typeMap.get(java.nio.file.Path.class);
     }
@@ -897,9 +886,7 @@ public final class DefaultTypeManager implements TypeManager {
   }
 
   private void initialiseJavaTimeTypes(DatabaseConfig config) {
-    if (java7Present) {
-      typeMap.put(java.nio.file.Path.class, new ScalarTypePath());
-    }
+    typeMap.put(java.nio.file.Path.class, new ScalarTypePath());
     if (config.getClassLoadConfig().isJavaTimePresent()) {
       logger.debug("Registering java.time data types");
       addType(java.time.Period.class, new ScalarTypePeriod());