diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ef1e2fbe..d0125d24 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-image: mvdan/fdroid-ci:server-20160613
+image: mvdan/fdroid-ci:server-20160621
 
 test:
   script:
diff --git a/buildserver/config.buildserver.py b/buildserver/config.buildserver.py
index b14d6869..50976dbe 100644
--- a/buildserver/config.buildserver.py
+++ b/buildserver/config.buildserver.py
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@ ndk_paths = {
     'r10e': "/home/vagrant/android-ndk/r10e",
 }
 java_paths = {
-    '7': "/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-i386",
     '8': "/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-i386",
 }
diff --git a/buildserver/cookbooks/fdroidbuild-general/recipes/default.rb b/buildserver/cookbooks/fdroidbuild-general/recipes/default.rb
index f9f81fe0..119c19e5 100644
--- a/buildserver/cookbooks/fdroidbuild-general/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/buildserver/cookbooks/fdroidbuild-general/recipes/default.rb
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ end
     maven
     mercurial
     nasm
-    openjdk-7-jdk
-    openjdk-8-jdk
+    openjdk-8-jdk-headless
     optipng
     p7zip
     pandoc
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ easy_install_package "compare-locales" do
 end
 
 execute "set-default-java" do
-  command "update-java-alternatives --set java-1.7.0-openjdk-i386"
+  command "update-java-alternatives --set java-1.8.0-openjdk-i386"
 end
 
 # Ubuntu trusty 14.04's paramiko does not work with jessie's openssh's default settings
diff --git a/examples/config.py b/examples/config.py
index 1a3367e8..5ae2983f 100644
--- a/examples/config.py
+++ b/examples/config.py
@@ -15,11 +15,8 @@
 #     'r10e': "$ANDROID_NDK",
 # }
 
-# If you want to build apps that use retrolambda and Java 1.8, you'll need to
-# have both 1.7 and 1.8 installed.
 # java_paths = {
-#     '1.7': "/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk",
-#     '1.8': None,
+#     '1.8': "/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk",
 # }
 
 # Build tools version to be used
diff --git a/tests/complete-ci-tests b/tests/complete-ci-tests
index e30d990a..9f7e146f 100755
--- a/tests/complete-ci-tests
+++ b/tests/complete-ci-tests
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ fi
 
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
-# required Java 7 keytool/jarsigner for :file support
+# required Java 7 or later keytool/jarsigner for :file support
 
-export PATH=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/bin:$PATH
+export PATH=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/bin:$PATH
 
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#