diff --git a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.core/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/core/PDECoreMessages.java b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.core/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/core/PDECoreMessages.java
index 94d3ac2a3a..d9a04792ca 100644
--- a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.core/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/core/PDECoreMessages.java
+++ b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.core/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/core/PDECoreMessages.java
@@ -229,8 +229,6 @@ public class PDECoreMessages extends NLS {
 
 	public static String BundleErrorReporter_exportNoJRE;
 
-	public static String BundleErrorReporter_importNoJRE;
-
 	public static String ManifestConsistencyChecker_0;
 
 	public static String ManifestConsistencyChecker_buildDoesNotExist;
diff --git a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.core/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/core/builders/BundleErrorReporter.java b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.core/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/core/builders/BundleErrorReporter.java
index 9583684f98..2f5c39f6a7 100644
--- a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.core/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/core/builders/BundleErrorReporter.java
+++ b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.core/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/core/builders/BundleErrorReporter.java
@@ -1206,19 +1206,10 @@ private void validateImportPackage(IProgressMonitor monitor) {
 			int length = element.getValueComponents().length;
 			for (int j = 0; j < length; j++) {
 				ImportPackageSpecification importSpec = imports[index++];
-				String name = importSpec.getName();
-				if (name.equals("java") || name.startsWith("java.")) { //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
-					IHeader jreHeader = getHeader(ICoreConstants.ECLIPSE_JREBUNDLE);
-					if (jreHeader == null || !"true".equals(jreHeader.getValue())) { //$NON-NLS-1$
-						report(PDECoreMessages.BundleErrorReporter_importNoJRE, getPackageLine(header, element), CompilerFlags.ERROR, PDEMarkerFactory.M_JAVA_PACKAGE__PORTED, PDEMarkerFactory.CAT_FATAL);
-						continue;
-					}
-				}
-
 				if (importSpec.isResolved() || !isCheckUnresolvedImports()) {
 					continue;
 				}
-
+				String name = importSpec.getName();
 				boolean optional = isOptional(element);
 				int severity = getRequireBundleSeverity(element, optional);
 
diff --git a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.core/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/core/pderesources.properties b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.core/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/core/pderesources.properties
index df610bf331..44eb4c4905 100644
--- a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.core/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/core/pderesources.properties
+++ b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.core/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/core/pderesources.properties
@@ -176,10 +176,9 @@ BundleErrorReporter_NotExistPDE=Bundle ''{0}'' cannot be resolved
 BundleErrorReporter_EmptyTargetPlatform=Target Platform is not set
 BundleErrorReporter_ExecEnv_tooLow=Execution environment is lower than one of the plug-in''s dependencies ({1}) which has an execution environment of {0}.
 BundleErrorReporter_exportNoJRE=Cannot export packages prefixed with 'java'
-BundleErrorReporter_importNoJRE=Cannot import packages prefixed with 'java'
 BundleErrorReporter_HostNotExistPDE=Host bundle ''{0}'' cannot be resolved
 BundleErrorReporter_HostNeeded=Fragment-Host must be defined for this fragment
-BundleErrorReporter_PackageNotExported=No available bundle exports package ''{0}''
+BundleErrorReporter_PackageNotExported=Neither an available bundle nor the associated JRE export package ''{0}''
 BundleErrorReporter_unresolvedExporter=Bundle ''{0}'' exporting package ''{1}'' is unresolved
 BundleErrorReporter_reqExecEnv_unknown=''{0}'' is not a valid Execution Environment
 BundleErrorReporter_InvalidSymbolicName=Bundle symbolic name contains illegal characters.  Legal characters are A-Z a-z 0-9 . _ -