diff --git a/src/main/groovy/io/gatling/gradle/GatlingPlugin.groovy b/src/main/groovy/io/gatling/gradle/GatlingPlugin.groovy
index 7ab98af..e718a1d 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/io/gatling/gradle/GatlingPlugin.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/io/gatling/gradle/GatlingPlugin.groovy
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ final class GatlingPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
         project.tasks.named("compileGatlingScala").configure {
             scalaCompileOptions.with {
                 additionalParameters = [
-                    "-target:jvm-1.8",
                     "-deprecation",
                     "-feature",
                     "-unchecked",