diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/make/internal/ui/text/makefile/MacroDefinitionRule.java b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/make/internal/ui/text/makefile/MacroDefinitionRule.java
index 2d57b1d2958..13a21285a99 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/make/internal/ui/text/makefile/MacroDefinitionRule.java
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/make/internal/ui/text/makefile/MacroDefinitionRule.java
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class MacroDefinitionRule implements IPredicateRule {
 
 	protected boolean isValidCharacter(int c) {
 		// From GNUMakefile manual:
-		// A variable name may be any sequence of characters not containing ‘:’, ‘#’, ‘=’, or leading or trailing whitespace.
+		// A variable name may be any sequence of characters not containing ':', '#', '=', or leading or trailing whitespace.
 		// However, variable names containing characters other than letters, numbers, and underscores should be avoided,
 		// as they may be given special meanings in the future, and with some shells they cannot be passed through the environment to a sub-make
 		return !Character.isWhitespace(c) && c != ':' && c != '#' && c != '=';
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/misc/org/eclipse/cdt/core/internal/errorparsers/tests/GCCErrorParserTests.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/misc/org/eclipse/cdt/core/internal/errorparsers/tests/GCCErrorParserTests.java
index 8b56ee7b811..6f608ff01be 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/misc/org/eclipse/cdt/core/internal/errorparsers/tests/GCCErrorParserTests.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/misc/org/eclipse/cdt/core/internal/errorparsers/tests/GCCErrorParserTests.java
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public class GCCErrorParserTests extends GenericErrorParserTests {
 	public void testGccErrorMessages_RequiredFromHere() throws IOException {
 		runParserTest(
 				new String[] {
-						"utils/bar.hpp:61:7: required from ‘static void OpenCVUtils::show_contours_d(std::string, cv::Mat&, const std::vector<std::vector<cv::Point_<_Tp> > >&, bool, const Scalar&, int, int, int) [with T = int; std::string = std::basic_string<char>; cv::Scalar = cv::Scalar_<double>]’",
+						"utils/bar.hpp:61:7: required from 'static void OpenCVUtils::show_contours_d(std::string, cv::Mat&, const std::vector<std::vector<cv::Point_<_Tp> > >&, bool, const Scalar&, int, int, int) [with T = int; std::string = std::basic_string<char>; cv::Scalar = cv::Scalar_<double>]'",
 						"utils/foo.cpp:117:96: required from here",
 					},
 				0, // errors
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ public class GCCErrorParserTests extends GenericErrorParserTests {
 						"foo.cpp",
 				},
 				new String[] {
-						"required from ‘static void OpenCVUtils::show_contours_d(std::string, cv::Mat&, const std::vector<std::vector<cv::Point_<_Tp> > >&, bool, const Scalar&, int, int, int) [with T = int; std::string = std::basic_string<char>; cv::Scalar = cv::Scalar_<double>]’",
+						"required from 'static void OpenCVUtils::show_contours_d(std::string, cv::Mat&, const std::vector<std::vector<cv::Point_<_Tp> > >&, bool, const Scalar&, int, int, int) [with T = int; std::string = std::basic_string<char>; cv::Scalar = cv::Scalar_<double>]'",
 						"required from here",
 				},
 				new String[] {GCC_ERROR_PARSER_ID}
diff --git a/llvm/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.llvm.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/llvm/util/LlvmToolOptionPathUtil.java b/llvm/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.llvm.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/llvm/util/LlvmToolOptionPathUtil.java
index 10ce8e4a102..82427676c8c 100755
--- a/llvm/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.llvm.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/llvm/util/LlvmToolOptionPathUtil.java
+++ b/llvm/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.llvm.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/llvm/util/LlvmToolOptionPathUtil.java
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ public class LlvmToolOptionPathUtil {
 			return configurations;
 		}
 		//info can be null for projects without build info. For example, when creating a project
-		//from Import >�C/C++ Executable
+		//from Import > C/C++ Executable
 		if(info == null) {
 			return configurations;
 		}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cb5f99772b5..10e8c721dbf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -268,6 +268,16 @@
 		</pluginRepository>
   	</pluginRepositories>
 	<profiles>
+		<!-- Turn off doclint because javadocs are incomplete -->
+		<profile>
+			<id>disable-java8-doclint</id>
+			<activation>
+				<jdk>[1.8,)</jdk>
+			</activation>
+			<properties>
+				<doclint>none</doclint>
+			</properties>
+		</profile>
 		<profile>
 			<id>cdtRepo</id>
 			<repositories>