diff --git a/rtl/inc/generic.inc b/rtl/inc/generic.inc
index 3b980d577d..87545a0331 100644
--- a/rtl/inc/generic.inc
+++ b/rtl/inc/generic.inc
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ end;
 {$endif not FPC_SYSTEM_HAS_COMPARECHAR0}
 
 
-{$ifndef FPC_SYSTEM_HAS_MEMPOS_PBYTE}
+{$if not defined(FPC_SYSTEM_HAS_MEMPOS_PBYTE) and not defined(CPUJVM)}
 function MemPos(needle:PByte;nNeedle:SizeUint;haystack:PByte;nHaystack:SizeUint):SizeInt;
 var
   p,d,pmaxplus1,iNeedle : SizeUint;