--- javapackages-5.3.0/depgenerators/maven.req	2018-08-06 17:09:06.000000000 +0200
+++ javapackages-5.3.0/depgenerators/maven.req	2018-10-24 10:29:11.404375107 +0200
@@ -295,9 +295,9 @@
     def _get_java_requires(self, reqs):
         major, minor = max([self._parse_java_requires(x) for x in reqs])
         if minor:
-            return "1:{0}.{1}".format(major, minor)
+            return "{0}.{1}".format(major, minor)
         else:
-            return "1:{0}".format(major)
+            return "{0}".format(major)
 
     def _parse_java_requires(self, req):
         match = re.match(r'^(\d+)(?:\.(\d+))?$', req)
--- javapackages-5.3.0/test/maven_req_test.py	2018-08-06 17:09:06.000000000 +0200
+++ javapackages-5.3.0/test/maven_req_test.py	2018-10-24 10:28:59.408310751 +0200
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(return_value, 0, stderr)
         sout = [x for x in stdout.split('\n') if x]
         want = ("javapackages-filesystem", "mvn(org.apache.maven:maven-project)",
-                "java-headless >= 1:1.6")
+                "java-headless >= 1.6")
         self.assertEqual(set(want), set(sout))
 
     @mavenreq(["require-java2/buildroot/usr/share/maven-metadata/require.xml"])
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(return_value, 0, stderr)
         sout = [x for x in stdout.split('\n') if x]
         want = ("javapackages-filesystem", "mvn(org.apache.maven:maven-project)",
-                "java-headless >= 1:1.8")
+                "java-headless >= 1.8")
         self.assertEqual(set(want), set(sout))
 
     @mavenreq(["require-java3/buildroot/usr/share/maven-metadata/require.xml"])
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(return_value, 0, stderr)
         sout = [x for x in stdout.split('\n') if x]
         want = ("javapackages-filesystem", "mvn(org.apache.maven:maven-project)",
-                "java-headless >= 1:1.8")
+                "java-headless >= 1.8")
         self.assertEqual(set(want), set(sout))
 
     @mavenreq(["require-java9/buildroot/usr/share/maven-metadata/require.xml"])
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(return_value, 0, stderr)
         sout = [x for x in stdout.split('\n') if x]
         want = ("javapackages-filesystem", "mvn(org.apache.maven:maven-project)",
-                "java-headless >= 1:9")
+                "java-headless >= 9")
         self.assertEqual(set(want), set(sout))
 
     @mavenreq(["require-java10/buildroot/usr/share/maven-metadata/require.xml"])
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(return_value, 0, stderr)
         sout = [x for x in stdout.split('\n') if x]
         want = ("javapackages-filesystem", "mvn(org.apache.maven:maven-project)",
-                "java-headless >= 1:10")
+                "java-headless >= 10")
         self.assertEqual(set(want), set(sout))
 
     @mavenreq(["require-java9and10/buildroot/usr/share/maven-metadata/require.xml"])
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(return_value, 0, stderr)
         sout = [x for x in stdout.split('\n') if x]
         want = ("javapackages-filesystem", "mvn(org.apache.maven:maven-project)",
-                "java-headless >= 1:10")
+                "java-headless >= 10")
         self.assertEqual(set(want), set(sout))
 
     @mavenreq(["require-java-fail/buildroot/usr/share/maven-metadata/require.xml"])