diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1d82cad4f599d35c4002a7490c078d572f58222a..651d551f92f522076de873b0203e49175890b67f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 apply plugin: 'asciidoctor'
-apply plugin: 'eclipse'
 apply plugin: 'eclipse-wtp'
 apply plugin: 'findbugs'
 apply plugin: 'jacoco'
@@ -154,8 +153,11 @@ eclipse {
 		}
 
 		facet {
+			// when tomcat 8 becomes usable in eclipse this jst.web version should be set to 3.1
+			//facet name: 'jst.web', version: '3.1'
 			facet name: 'jst.web', version: '3.0'
 			facet name: 'jst.java', version: '1.7'
+			facet name: 'wst.jsdt.web', version: '1.0'
 		}
 	}
 }