diff --git a/bindings/java/build-unix.xml b/bindings/java/build-unix.xml
index ecaa77908beeaddb1f6996b46953a00e4e78abd9..842bf731f389e3c852ef569afe125c7fdd125555 100644
--- a/bindings/java/build-unix.xml
+++ b/bindings/java/build-unix.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 			description="Traverses the Images stored in the path represented by test-input variable, creates results files stored in the path represented by test-results, and compares them to the standards stored in the path represented by the test-standards variable, always run test-create-standards at least once before before running test."
 			depends="compile-test, depender" 
 			if="pres">
-		<fail unless="ewfFound" message="LIBEWF_HOME must be set as an environment variable."/>
 		<junit fork="on" haltonfailure="yes" dir=".">
 			<sysproperty key="rslt" value="${test-results}"/>
 			<sysproperty key="gold" value="${test-standards}"/>
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@
 			description="Traverses the Images stored in the path represented by test-input variable and creates then stores them to the path represented by the test-standards variable, run test-download-imgs at least once before this."
 			depends="compile-test, depender"
 			if="pres">
-		<fail unless="ewfFound" message="LIBEWF_HOME must be set as an environment variable."/>
 		<java classname="org.sleuthkit.datamodel.DataModelTestSuite" classpathref="libraries"	fork="true" failonerror="true">
 			<sysproperty key="gold" value="${test-standards}"/>
 			<sysproperty key="inpt" value="${test-input}"/>
diff --git a/bindings/java/build-windows.xml b/bindings/java/build-windows.xml
index 8000eb044328fb8a3a4d7dd2ee05406f3e9127bd..6c45e5ac3589b63225c5ce41d6f6f46f5af94931 100644
--- a/bindings/java/build-windows.xml
+++ b/bindings/java/build-windows.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>
 <project name="TSKTestTargets">
+	<!-- some dlls come from LIBEWF_HOME -->
+	<property environment="env"/>	
+	<condition property="ewfFound">
+			<isset property="env.LIBEWF_HOME"/>
+	</condition>
     <property name="dlls" value="${env.LIBEWF_HOME}/msvscpp/zlib;${env.LIBEWF_HOME}/msvscpp/Release;../../win32/Release"/>
 	<target name="test-precond" 
 			description="Traverses the Images stored in the path represented by test-input variable, creates results files stored in the path represented by test-results, and compares them to the standards stored in the path represented by the test-standards variable, always run test-create-standards at least once before before running test."
diff --git a/bindings/java/build.xml b/bindings/java/build.xml
index 85bfaccbf3f17aaca48e4b7f3df3f77e06542a95..90b9489d83dd98c6856193db3ed8c239a9a628e0 100755
--- a/bindings/java/build.xml
+++ b/bindings/java/build.xml
@@ -9,15 +9,7 @@
         <os family="windows"/>  
     </condition>  
     <import file="build-${os.family}.xml"/> 
-  <!-- some dlls come from LIBEWF_HOME -->
-	<property environment="env"/>
-	<condition property="ewfFound">
-		<or>
-			<isset property="env.LIBEWF_HOME"/>
-			<os family="unix"/>
-		</or>
-	</condition>
-	
+
   <!-- set global properties for this build -->
 	<property name="src" location="src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel"/>
 	<property name="build" location="build/"/>
@@ -134,11 +126,11 @@ pattern="lib/[artifact]-[revision](-[classifier]).[ext]" />
 	<target name="test" 
 			description="Traverses the Images stored in the path represented by test-input variable, creates results files stored in the path represented by test-results, and compares them to the standards stored in the path represented by the test-standards variable, always run test-create-standards at least once before before running test."
 			depends="compile-test, test-precond">
+				<fail if="imp" message="Run make install on The Sleuthkit."/>
 	</target>
 	<target name="test-create-standards"
 			description="Traverses the Images stored in the path represented by test-input variable and creates then stores them to the path represented by the test-standards variable, run test-download-imgs at least once before this."
-			depends="compile-test, test-create-standards-precond" 
-			unless="imp">
-				<echo message="Run make install on The Sleuthkit"/>
+			depends="compile-test, test-create-standards-precond">
+				<fail if="imp" message="Run make install on The Sleuthkit."/>
 	</target>
 </project>