diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/requirements/java_requirement.rb b/Library/Homebrew/requirements/java_requirement.rb
index 3c1eefe87d..ff451c6886 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/requirements/java_requirement.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/requirements/java_requirement.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class JavaRequirement < Requirement
     next false unless File.executable? "/usr/libexec/java_home"
 
     args = %w[--failfast]
-    args << "--version" << "#{@version}" if @version
+    args << "--version" << @version.to_s if @version
     @java_home = Utils.popen_read("/usr/libexec/java_home", *args).chomp
     $?.success?
   end
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class JavaRequirement < Requirement
   end
 
   def initialize(tags)
-    @version = tags.shift if /(\d\.)+\d/ === tags.first
+    @version = tags.shift if /(\d\.)+\d/ =~ tags.first
     super
   end