diff --git a/java/jscope/jScope.template b/java/jscope/jScope.template
index 42377bbc2e..d7bda8b7ad 100755
--- a/java/jscope/jScope.template
+++ b/java/jscope/jScope.template
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ exec env \
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$MDSPLUS_DIR/${lib} \
 SHLIB_PATH=$SHLIB_PATH:$MDSPLUS_DIR/${lib} \
 DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:$MDSPLUS_DIR/${lib} \
-java -Xmx2G -Djava.library.path=$MDSPLUS_DIR/${lib} -jar $MDSPLUS_DIR/java/classes/jScope.jar $*
+java -Xmx2G -Dsun.java2d.xrender=false -Djava.library.path=$MDSPLUS_DIR/${lib} -jar $MDSPLUS_DIR/java/classes/jScope.jar $*
diff --git a/java/jtraverser/jTraverser.template b/java/jtraverser/jTraverser.template
index f52a938a25..f705c6c5f7 100755
--- a/java/jtraverser/jTraverser.template
+++ b/java/jtraverser/jTraverser.template
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ exec env \
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$MDSPLUS_DIR/${lib} \
 SHLIB_PATH=$SHLIB_PATH:$MDSPLUS_DIR/${lib} \
 DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:$MDSPLUS_DIR/${lib} \
-java -Xss5M -Djava.library.path=$MDSPLUS_DIR/${lib} -jar $MDSPLUS_DIR/java/classes/jTraverser.jar "$@"
+java -Xss5M -Dsun.java2d.xrender=false -Djava.library.path=$MDSPLUS_DIR/${lib} -jar $MDSPLUS_DIR/java/classes/jTraverser.jar "$@"
diff --git a/java/jtraverser2/jTraverser2.template b/java/jtraverser2/jTraverser2.template
index cb52dae847..723f89ed1a 100755
--- a/java/jtraverser2/jTraverser2.template
+++ b/java/jtraverser2/jTraverser2.template
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-exec java -jar $MDSPLUS_DIR/java/classes/jTraverser2.jar "$@"
+exec java -Dsun.java2d.xrender=false -jar $MDSPLUS_DIR/java/classes/jTraverser2.jar "$@"