diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 972b4443..13703f30 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ option( ENABLE_CAPNP "Enable Cap’n Proto serialisation" OFF )
 option( NO_WRAPPERS "Don't build any UDA client wrappers" OFF )
 option( NO_CXX_WRAPPER "Don't build C++ wrapper" OFF )
 option( NO_PYTHON_WRAPPER "Don't build Python wrapper" OFF )
-option( NO_JAVA_WRAPPER "Don't build Java wrapper" OFF )
+option( NO_JAVA_WRAPPER "Don't build Java wrapper" ON )
 option( NO_IDL_WRAPPER "Don't build IDL wrapper" OFF )
 option( FAT_IDL "Build IDL wrapper using fat-client" OFF )
 
diff --git a/source/wrappers/CMakeLists.txt b/source/wrappers/CMakeLists.txt
index bd5f36db..f9e11db7 100755
--- a/source/wrappers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/wrappers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ else()
   message( WARNING "IDL wrapper not being built due to CMake option NO_IDL_WRAPPER" )
 endif()
 
-if( NOT NO_JAVA_WRAPPER )
-  if( JAVA_FOUND AND JNI_FOUND )
-    add_subdirectory( java )
-  else()
-    message( WARNING "JAVA or JNI not found - not building Java wrapper" )
-  endif()
-else()
-  message( WARNING "Java wrapper not being built due to CMake option NO_JAVA_WRAPPER" )
-endif()
+# if( NOT NO_JAVA_WRAPPER )
+#   if( JAVA_FOUND AND JNI_FOUND )
+#     add_subdirectory( java )
+#   else()
+#     message( WARNING "JAVA or JNI not found - not building Java wrapper" )
+#   endif()
+# else()
+#   message( WARNING "Java wrapper not being built due to CMake option NO_JAVA_WRAPPER" )
+# endif()
 
 #add_subdirectory( matlab )
 #add_subdirectory( PHP )