diff --git a/icu4j/.classpath b/icu4j/.classpath
index 75ee7872898..1fb2bc7b8ab 100644
--- a/icu4j/.classpath
+++ b/icu4j/.classpath
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<classpath>
-	<classpathentry excluding="**/.svn/**|com/ibm/icu/dev/eclipse/|com/ibm/icu/dev/tool/docs/" kind="src" path="src"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="output" path="classes"/>
-</classpath>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<classpath>
+	<classpathentry excluding="**/.svn/**|com/ibm/icu/dev/eclipse/|com/ibm/icu/dev/tool/docs/" kind="src" path="src"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/Java5"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="classes"/>
+</classpath>