diff --git a/ant.json b/ant.json
index 5582cec904..fe65a6baa1 100644
--- a/ant.json
+++ b/ant.json
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
     "env_set": {
         "ANT_HOME": "$dir"
     },
-    "depends": "openjdk",
+    "suggest": {
+        "JDK": [ "extras/oraclejdk", "openjdk" ]
+    },
     "checkver": {
         "url": "https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi",
         "re": "Currently, Apache Ant (?:[\\d.]+ and )?([\\d.]+) (?:is|are) the best"
diff --git a/bfg.json b/bfg.json
index a02b49489b..ee3014300e 100644
--- a/bfg.json
+++ b/bfg.json
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
     "version": "1.12.15",
     "url": "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/madgag/bfg/1.12.15/bfg-1.12.15.jar",
     "hash": "330af214a0fed320c591afc1046b0f31e8a438f290da09672973aeaa6411b09d",
-    "depends": "openjdk",
+    "suggest": {
+        "JDK": [ "extras/oraclejdk", "openjdk" ]
+    },
     "bin": "bfg.ps1",
     "env_set": {
         "BFG_HOME": "$dir"
diff --git a/gradle.json b/gradle.json
index a82cc8602c..9930155787 100644
--- a/gradle.json
+++ b/gradle.json
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
     "url": "https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-3.3-bin.zip",
     "extract_dir": "gradle-3.3",
     "bin": "bin\\gradle.bat",
-    "depends": "openjdk",
+    "suggest": {
+        "JDK": [ "extras/oraclejdk", "openjdk" ]
+    },
     "checkver": {
         "url": "https://gradle.org/gradle-download/",
         "re": "The current Gradle release is version ([\\d.]+)"
diff --git a/grails.json b/grails.json
index c1acf14c3e..9719c002b3 100644
--- a/grails.json
+++ b/grails.json
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
     "env_set": {
         "GRAILS_HOME": "$dir"
     },
-    "depends": "openjdk",
+    "suggest": {
+        "JDK": [ "extras/oraclejdk", "openjdk" ]
+    },
     "checkver": {
         "github": "https://github.com/grails/grails-core"
     },
diff --git a/groovy.json b/groovy.json
index 4bb732fa0a..ae5eab3228 100644
--- a/groovy.json
+++ b/groovy.json
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
     "env_set": {
         "GROOVY_HOME": "$dir"
     },
-    "depends": "openjdk",
+    "suggest": {
+        "JDK": [ "extras/oraclejdk", "openjdk" ]
+    },
     "checkver": {
         "url": "http://www.groovy-lang.org/download.html",
         "re": "([\\d.]+) distributions"
diff --git a/kotlin.json b/kotlin.json
index c26528a7a0..d38af160f2 100644
--- a/kotlin.json
+++ b/kotlin.json
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
     "env_set": {
         "KOTLIN_HOME": "$dir"
     },
-    "depends": "openjdk",
+    "suggest": {
+        "JDK": [ "extras/oraclejdk", "openjdk" ]
+    },
     "checkver": {
         "github": "https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin"
     },
diff --git a/maven.json b/maven.json
index 69bbcb67a3..91d503e0ca 100644
--- a/maven.json
+++ b/maven.json
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
     "env_set": {
         "M2_HOME": "$dir"
     },
-    "notes": "Maven requires a JDK such as OpenJDK 7 (scoop install openjdk) or Oracle's Java 8 (scoop install oraclejdk). The Oracle JDK requires the Scoop Extras bucket (scoop butcket add extras).",
+    "suggest": {
+        "JDK": [ "extras/oraclejdk", "openjdk" ]
+    },
     "checkver": {
         "url": "https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi",
         "re": "Apache Maven ([\\d.]+) is the latest release"
diff --git a/scala.json b/scala.json
index 76bfd63bc6..44e5cb75bd 100644
--- a/scala.json
+++ b/scala.json
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
     "env_set": {
         "SCALA_HOME": "$dir"
     },
-    "depends": "openjdk",
+    "suggest": {
+        "JDK": [ "extras/oraclejdk", "openjdk" ]
+    },
     "checkver": {
         "url": "https://www.scala-lang.org/download/",
         "re": "Download Scala ([\\d.]+)"
diff --git a/scholdoc.json b/scholdoc.json
index 6790f91eb7..688cdaf072 100644
--- a/scholdoc.json
+++ b/scholdoc.json
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     "license":  "",
     "extract_dir":  "Scholdoc",
     "url":  "http://scholarlymarkdown.com/scholdoc-distribution/windows/scholdoc-0.1.3-alpha-windows.msi",
-    "depends":  "",
     "homepage":  "http://scholdoc.scholarlymarkdown.com/",
     "hash":  "e58036686c3c05db4a50d5fabd875eaa33aff2b0dd4d930c6bc2067c2bcd2b86",
     "bin":  "scholdoc.exe",
diff --git a/yarn.json b/yarn.json
index 53de5c97ac..956bc86911 100644
--- a/yarn.json
+++ b/yarn.json
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
     "homepage": "https://yarnpkg.com/",
     "license": "BSD",
     "version": "0.19.1",
-    "depends": "nodejs",
+    "suggest": {
+        "Node.js": [ "nodejs" ]
+    },
     "url": "https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/releases/download/v0.19.1/yarn-0.19.1.msi",
     "hash": "2d08c4e4e7a6086585ef47307333187a235aa926a211628d3f8c02093fd6fb71",
     "bin": "Yarn\\bin\\yarn.cmd",