diff --git a/bin/templates/cordova/lib/check_reqs.js b/bin/templates/cordova/lib/check_reqs.js
index 473d1e106..39591dfb9 100644
--- a/bin/templates/cordova/lib/check_reqs.js
+++ b/bin/templates/cordova/lib/check_reqs.js
@@ -195,9 +195,10 @@ module.exports.check_java = function () {
         }
     }).then(function () {
         return Q.denodeify(child_process.exec)('javac -version')
-            .then(([stdout, stderr]) => {
+            .then(outputs => {
+                // outputs contains two entries: stdout and stderr
                 // Java <= 8 writes version info to stderr, Java >= 9 to stdout
-                const output = (stdout + stderr).trim();
+                const output = outputs.join('').trim();
                 const match = /javac\s+(\d+\.\d+)/i.exec(output);
                 return match && match[1] === '1.8';
             }, () => {