diff --git a/make/launchers/Makefile b/make/launchers/Makefile
index 4be80722894729ef8b60714f067d602d4ca40172..e88742a992b0f79838e0b867854e41bb0429f792 100644
--- a/make/launchers/Makefile
+++ b/make/launchers/Makefile
@@ -77,10 +77,12 @@ $(call make-launcher, jmap, sun.tools.jmap.JMap, \
   -J-Dsun.jvm.hotspot.debugger.useWindbgDebugger, )
 $(call make-launcher, jps, sun.tools.jps.Jps, , )
 $(call make-launcher, jrunscript, com.sun.tools.script.shell.Main, , )
+ifeq ("$(NEWBUILD)","true")
 $(call make-launcher, jjs, jdk.nashorn.tools.Shell, \
   -J-XX:-TieredCompilation \
   -J-Xms2G \
   -J-Xmx2G, )
+endif
 $(call make-launcher, jsadebugd, sun.jvm.hotspot.jdi.SADebugServer, , )
 $(call make-launcher, jstack, sun.tools.jstack.JStack, \
   -J-Dsun.jvm.hotspot.debugger.useProcDebugger \