diff --git a/AndroidManifest.xml b/AndroidManifest.xml
index 9e1dfc4..3544323 100644
--- a/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     android:versionName="0.1" >
 
     <uses-sdk
-        android:minSdkVersion="8"
+        android:minSdkVersion="9"
         android:targetSdkVersion="19" />
 
     <application
diff --git a/botejars/AndroidManifest.xml b/botejars/AndroidManifest.xml
index ef49aa8..4bbdc6c 100644
--- a/botejars/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/botejars/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
       android:installLocation="auto"
       >
 
-    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />
+    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="9" />
 
 </manifest>
diff --git a/botejars/custom_rules.xml b/botejars/custom_rules.xml
index d33624c..d202a8b 100644
--- a/botejars/custom_rules.xml
+++ b/botejars/custom_rules.xml
@@ -53,14 +53,11 @@
         <copy file="${i2plib}/router.jar" todir="${jar.libs.dir}" />
 
         <!-- core -->
-        <!-- remove classes that are stubbed out -->
+        <!-- remove classes that are overridden -->
         <!-- lots of unneeded stuff could be deleted here -->
         <jar destfile="${jar.libs.dir}/i2p.jar" >
             <zipfileset src="${i2plib}/i2p.jar" >
                 <exclude name="net/i2p/util/LogWriter.class" />
-                <exclude name="net/i2p/util/SecureDirectory.class" />
-                <exclude name="net/i2p/util/SecureFile.class" />
-                <exclude name="net/i2p/util/SecureFileOutputStream.class" />
             </zipfileset>
         </jar>
 
diff --git a/src/net/i2p/util/SecureDirectory.java b/src/net/i2p/util/SecureDirectory.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f4c1c92..0000000
--- a/src/net/i2p/util/SecureDirectory.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package net.i2p.util;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
-/**
- *  setXXX() not available until API level 9 (Platform Version 2.3)
- *  @since 0.8.7
- */
-public class SecureDirectory extends File {
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-    public SecureDirectory(String pathname) {
-        super(pathname);
-    }
-
-    public SecureDirectory(String parent, String child) {
-        super(parent, child);
-    }
-
-    public SecureDirectory(File parent, String child) {
-        super(parent, child);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/net/i2p/util/SecureFile.java b/src/net/i2p/util/SecureFile.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 88cbf7e..0000000
--- a/src/net/i2p/util/SecureFile.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package net.i2p.util;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
-/**
- *  setXXX() not available until API level 9 (Platform Version 2.3)
- *  @since 0.8.7
- */
-public class SecureFile extends SecureDirectory {
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-    public SecureFile(String pathname) {
-        super(pathname);
-    }
-
-    public SecureFile(String parent, String child) {
-        super(parent, child);
-    }
-
-    public SecureFile(File parent, String child) {
-        super(parent, child);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/net/i2p/util/SecureFileOutputStream.java b/src/net/i2p/util/SecureFileOutputStream.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 899f7ab..0000000
--- a/src/net/i2p/util/SecureFileOutputStream.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-package net.i2p.util;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
-
-/**
- *  setXXX() not available until API level 9 (Platform Version 2.3)
- *  @since 0.8.7
- */
-public class SecureFileOutputStream extends FileOutputStream {
-
-    /**
-     *  super()
-     */
-    public SecureFileOutputStream(String file) throws FileNotFoundException {
-        super(file);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     *  super()
-     */
-    public SecureFileOutputStream(String file, boolean append) throws FileNotFoundException {
-        super(file, append);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     *  super()
-     */
-    public SecureFileOutputStream(File file) throws FileNotFoundException {
-        super(file);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     *  super()
-     */
-    public SecureFileOutputStream(File file, boolean append) throws FileNotFoundException {
-        super(file, append);
-    }
-
-    /** @return false */
-    static boolean canSetPerms() {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     *  noop
-     */
-    public static void setPerms(File f) {
-    }
-}