diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.test.performance/src/org/eclipse/test/internal/performance/InternalPerformanceMeter.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.test.performance/src/org/eclipse/test/internal/performance/InternalPerformanceMeter.java
index 12a937c..02b2f2c 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.test.performance/src/org/eclipse/test/internal/performance/InternalPerformanceMeter.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.test.performance/src/org/eclipse/test/internal/performance/InternalPerformanceMeter.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2006 IBM Corporation and others. All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made
- * available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2018 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
  * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
  *
  * Contributors: IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
@@ -134,7 +136,7 @@
                         while (ns++ < 40)
                             printBuffer.append(' ');
                         printBuffer
-                                .append(format.format(new Object[] { new Double(percentile.inside()),
+                                .append(format.format(new Object[] { Double.valueOf(percentile.inside()),
                                         dimension.getDisplayValue(confidenceInterval[0]),
                                         dimension.getDisplayValue(confidenceInterval[1]) }));
                     }
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.test.performance/src/org/eclipse/test/performance/Performance.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.test.performance/src/org/eclipse/test/performance/Performance.java
index 47e3dd1..c0c10ed 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.test.performance/src/org/eclipse/test/performance/Performance.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.test.performance/src/org/eclipse/test/performance/Performance.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2016 IBM Corporation and others. All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2018 IBM Corporation and others. All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made
  * available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
  * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
  *
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 package org.eclipse.test.performance;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform;
 import org.eclipse.test.internal.performance.InternalDimensions;
 import org.eclipse.test.internal.performance.InternalPerformanceMeter;
@@ -226,18 +228,16 @@
                 } else {
                     c = Class.forName(className);
                 }
-                instance = (PerformanceMeterFactory) c.newInstance();
-            }
-            catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-                PerformanceTestPlugin.log(e);
-            }
-            catch (InstantiationException e) {
-                PerformanceTestPlugin.log(e);
-            }
-            catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-                PerformanceTestPlugin.log(e);
-            }
-            catch (ClassCastException e) {
+                instance = (PerformanceMeterFactory) c.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
+            } catch (
+                    ClassNotFoundException |
+                    InstantiationException |
+                    IllegalAccessException |
+                    ClassCastException |
+                    IllegalArgumentException |
+                    InvocationTargetException |
+                    NoSuchMethodException |
+                    SecurityException e) {
                 PerformanceTestPlugin.log(e);
             }
         }
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.test/src/org/eclipse/test/EclipseTestRunner.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.test/src/org/eclipse/test/EclipseTestRunner.java
index c1ad5cb..3983a46 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.test/src/org/eclipse/test/EclipseTestRunner.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.test/src/org/eclipse/test/EclipseTestRunner.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2017 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2018 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -874,8 +874,9 @@
 
 		Object o = null;
 		try {
-			o = f.newInstance();
-		} catch (InstantiationException|IllegalAccessException e) {
+			o = f.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
+		} catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException
+				| NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException e) {
 			throw new BuildException(e);
 		}