From 075677e415f215b63267269f681617299542d864 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: deannagarcia <69992229+deannagarcia@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2023 14:53:36 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Compare strings better

---
 java/internal/JavaVersionTest.java | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/java/internal/JavaVersionTest.java b/java/internal/JavaVersionTest.java
index 320ca3d892..4ee6e97e12 100644
--- a/java/internal/JavaVersionTest.java
+++ b/java/internal/JavaVersionTest.java
@@ -41,12 +41,7 @@ public class JavaVersionTest {
   public void testJavaVersion() throws Exception {
     String exp = System.getenv("KOKORO_JAVA_VERSION");
     // Java 8's version is read as "1.8"
-    if(exp == "8") {
-      System.out.println("The version was 8");
-      exp = "1.8";
-    } else {
-      System.out.println("The version was not 8, it was: " + exp);
-    }
+    if(exp.equals("8")) exp = "1.8";
     if(exp == null || exp.isEmpty()) {
       System.err.println("No kokoro java version found, skipping check");
       return;