diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 11ed6dce1cc..9a555602e49 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
     <target name="preloader">
         <cleandir dir="${output}/classes/preloader"/>
         <javac destdir="${output}/classes/preloader" debug="true" debuglevel="lines,vars,source" includeAntRuntime="false"
-               source="${java.target}" target="${java.target}">
+               source="1.6" target="1.6">
             <src location="${basedir}/compiler/preloader/src"/>
         </javac>
 
diff --git a/compiler/preloader/preloader.iml b/compiler/preloader/preloader.iml
index d5c07432750..72aeb571869 100644
--- a/compiler/preloader/preloader.iml
+++ b/compiler/preloader/preloader.iml
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_6" inherit-compiler-output="true">
     <exclude-output />
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
     </content>
-    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="jdk" jdkName="1.6" jdkType="JavaSDK" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
   </component>
-</module>
-
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/preloader/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/preloading/ClassPreloadingUtils.java b/compiler/preloader/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/preloading/ClassPreloadingUtils.java
index ed9fd7eef24..3d15d170dbb 100644
--- a/compiler/preloader/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/preloading/ClassPreloadingUtils.java
+++ b/compiler/preloader/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/preloading/ClassPreloadingUtils.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class ClassPreloadingUtils {
     }
 
     private static URLClassLoader createFallbackClassLoader(Collection<File> files) throws IOException {
-        List<URL> urls = new ArrayList<>(files.size());
+        List<URL> urls = new ArrayList<URL>(files.size());
         for (File file : files) {
             urls.add(file.toURI().toURL());
         }
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class ClassPreloadingUtils {
             return extractManifestClasspath((ResourceData) manifest);
         }
         else if (manifest instanceof ArrayList) {
-            List<File> result = new ArrayList<>();
+            List<File> result = new ArrayList<File>();
             for (ResourceData data : (ArrayList<ResourceData>) manifest) {
                 result.addAll(extractManifestClasspath(data));
             }
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class ClassPreloadingUtils {
         String classpathSpaceSeparated = (String) manifest.getMainAttributes().get(Attributes.Name.CLASS_PATH);
         if (classpathSpaceSeparated == null) return Collections.emptyList();
 
-        Collection<File> classpath = new ArrayList<>(1);
+        Collection<File> classpath = new ArrayList<File>(1);
         for (String jar : classpathSpaceSeparated.split(" ")) {
             if (".".equals(jar)) continue;
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public class ClassPreloadingUtils {
             ClassHandler handler
     ) throws IOException {
         // 0.75 is HashMap.DEFAULT_LOAD_FACTOR
-        Map<String, Object> resources = new HashMap<>((int) (classNumberEstimate / 0.75));
+        Map<String, Object> resources = new HashMap<String, Object>((int) (classNumberEstimate / 0.75));
 
         for (File jarFile : jarFiles) {
             if (handler != null) {
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public class ClassPreloadingUtils {
                         resources.put(name, resourceData);
                     }
                     else if (previous instanceof ResourceData) {
-                        List<ResourceData> list = new ArrayList<>();
+                        List<ResourceData> list = new ArrayList<ResourceData>();
                         list.add((ResourceData) previous);
                         list.add(resourceData);
                         resources.put(name, list);
diff --git a/compiler/preloader/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/preloading/MemoryBasedClassLoader.java b/compiler/preloader/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/preloading/MemoryBasedClassLoader.java
index 316eaf41111..102597e1263 100644
--- a/compiler/preloader/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/preloading/MemoryBasedClassLoader.java
+++ b/compiler/preloader/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/preloading/MemoryBasedClassLoader.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.*;
 
-@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 /**
  * A class loader which loads classes and resources from the given map.
  *
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ import java.util.*;
  * Therefore if you need to be able to find classes via findResource(), you should pass a fallback
  * class loader which is able to do that at any point of time.
  */
+@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 public class MemoryBasedClassLoader extends ClassLoader {
     private final ClassCondition classesToLoadByParent;
     private final ClassLoader parent;
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public class MemoryBasedClassLoader extends ClassLoader {
         Enumeration<URL> fromParent = parent.getResources(name);
         if (!own.hasMoreElements()) return fromParent;
 
-        List<URL> result = new ArrayList<>();
+        List<URL> result = new ArrayList<URL>();
         while (own.hasMoreElements()) {
             result.add(own.nextElement());
         }
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public class MemoryBasedClassLoader extends ClassLoader {
         else {
             assert resources instanceof ArrayList : "Resource map should contain ResourceData or ArrayList<ResourceData>: " + name;
             List<ResourceData> resourceDatas = (ArrayList<ResourceData>) resources;
-            List<URL> urls = new ArrayList<>(resourceDatas.size());
+            List<URL> urls = new ArrayList<URL>(resourceDatas.size());
             for (ResourceData data : resourceDatas) {
                 urls.add(data.getURL());
             }
diff --git a/compiler/preloader/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/preloading/Preloader.java b/compiler/preloader/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/preloading/Preloader.java
index e83a18b5e2c..901d3c89472 100644
--- a/compiler/preloader/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/preloading/Preloader.java
+++ b/compiler/preloader/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/preloading/Preloader.java
@@ -44,26 +44,29 @@ public class Preloader {
     }
 
     private static void run(String[] args) throws Exception {
-        long startTime = System.nanoTime();
+        final long startTime = System.nanoTime();
 
-        Options options = parseOptions(args);
+        final Options options = parseOptions(args);
 
         ClassLoader classLoader = createClassLoader(options);
 
-        Handler handler = getHandler(options, classLoader);
+        final Handler handler = getHandler(options, classLoader);
         ClassLoader preloaded = ClassPreloadingUtils.preloadClasses(options.classpath, options.estimate, classLoader, null, handler);
 
         Class<?> mainClass = preloaded.loadClass(options.mainClass);
         Method mainMethod = mainClass.getMethod("main", String[].class);
 
         Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(
-                new Thread(() -> {
-                    if (options.measure) {
-                        System.out.println();
-                        System.out.println("=== Preloader's measurements: ");
-                        System.out.format("Total time: %.3fs\n", (System.nanoTime() - startTime) / 1e9);
+                new Thread(new Runnable() {
+                    @Override
+                    public void run() {
+                        if (options.measure) {
+                            System.out.println();
+                            System.out.println("=== Preloader's measurements: ");
+                            System.out.format("Total time: %.3fs\n", (System.nanoTime() - startTime) / 1e9);
+                        }
+                        handler.done();
                     }
-                    handler.done();
                 })
         );
 
@@ -120,10 +123,10 @@ public class Preloader {
     private static Options parseOptions(String[] args) throws Exception {
         List<File> classpath = Collections.emptyList();
         boolean measure = false;
-        List<File> instrumenters = new ArrayList<>();
+        List<File> instrumenters = new ArrayList<File>();
         int estimate = DEFAULT_CLASS_NUMBER_ESTIMATE;
         String mainClass = null;
-        List<String> arguments = new ArrayList<>();
+        List<String> arguments = new ArrayList<String>();
 
         for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
             String arg = args[i];
@@ -162,7 +165,7 @@ public class Preloader {
 
     private static List<File> parseClassPath(String classpath) {
         String[] paths = classpath.split(File.pathSeparator);
-        List<File> files = new ArrayList<>(paths.length);
+        List<File> files = new ArrayList<File>(paths.length);
         for (String path : paths) {
             File file = new File(path);
             if (!file.exists()) {
@@ -176,10 +179,10 @@ public class Preloader {
     private static Handler getHandler(Options options, ClassLoader withInstrumenter) {
         if (!options.measure) return new Handler();
 
-        Instrumenter instrumenter = options.instrumenters.isEmpty() ? Instrumenter.DO_NOTHING : loadInstrumenter(withInstrumenter);
+        final Instrumenter instrumenter = options.instrumenters.isEmpty() ? Instrumenter.DO_NOTHING : loadInstrumenter(withInstrumenter);
 
-        int[] counter = new int[1];
-        int[] size = new int[1];
+        final int[] counter = new int[1];
+        final int[] size = new int[1];
         return new Handler() {
             @Override
             public void beforeDefineClass(String name, int sizeInBytes) {