diff --git a/dev-java/qdox/qdox-1.12.1-r1.ebuild b/dev-java/qdox/qdox-1.12.1-r2.ebuild
similarity index 92%
rename from dev-java/qdox/qdox-1.12.1-r1.ebuild
rename to dev-java/qdox/qdox-1.12.1-r2.ebuild
index 7100ae1aba621..559d80d7961e0 100644
--- a/dev-java/qdox/qdox-1.12.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/qdox/qdox-1.12.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI="5"
+EAPI=7
 
 JAVA_PKG_IUSE="doc source test"
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${PN}-${PV}"
 
 CDEPEND="dev-java/ant-core:0"
 
-DEPEND=">=virtual/jdk-1.4
+DEPEND=">=virtual/jdk-1.8
 	app-arch/unzip:0
 	dev-java/byaccj:0
 	>=dev-java/jflex-1.6.1:0
@@ -27,11 +27,15 @@ DEPEND=">=virtual/jdk-1.4
 	test? ( dev-java/junit:0 )
 	${CDEPEND}"
 
-RDEPEND=">=virtual/jre-1.4
+RDEPEND=">=virtual/jre-1.8
 	${CDEPEND}"
 
-java_prepare() {
-	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/jflex-1.6.1.patch
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/jflex-1.6.1.patch"
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
 
 	if ! use test ; then
 		rm src/java/com/thoughtworks/qdox/tools/QDoxTester.java
diff --git a/dev-java/qdox/qdox-1.6.3-r1.ebuild b/dev-java/qdox/qdox-1.6.3-r2.ebuild
similarity index 87%
rename from dev-java/qdox/qdox-1.6.3-r1.ebuild
rename to dev-java/qdox/qdox-1.6.3-r2.ebuild
index 214262e8879c4..8159998cc6ce8 100644
--- a/dev-java/qdox/qdox-1.6.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/qdox/qdox-1.6.3-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=6
+EAPI=7
 
 JAVA_PKG_IUSE="doc source"
 
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ SLOT="1.6"
 LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
 
 DEPEND="
-	>=virtual/jdk-1.6"
+	>=virtual/jdk-1.8"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	>=virtual/jre-1.6"
+	>=virtual/jre-1.8"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}"