diff --git a/Examples/java/constants/example.i b/Examples/java/constants/example.i
index 4f7b1a4d7..76665fca0 100644
--- a/Examples/java/constants/example.i
+++ b/Examples/java/constants/example.i
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 /* File : example.i */
 %module example
 
+/* Force the generated Java code to use the C constant values rather than making a JNI call */
+%javaconst(1);
+
 /* A few preprocessor macros */
 
 #define    ICONST      42
diff --git a/Examples/java/enum/example.i b/Examples/java/enum/example.i
index 4c873824c..fb6568943 100644
--- a/Examples/java/enum/example.i
+++ b/Examples/java/enum/example.i
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 #include "example.h"
 %}
 
-%pragma make_default
+/* Force the generated Java code to use the C enum values rather than making a JNI call */
+%javaconst(1);
 
 /* Let's just grab the original header file here */