diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildPlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildPlugin.groovy
index c2741ed5819f4..2d81f00a8af8a 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildPlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildPlugin.groovy
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class BuildPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
             }
 
             String inFipsJvmScript = 'print(java.security.Security.getProviders()[0].name.toLowerCase().contains("fips"));'
-            boolean inFipsJvm = Boolean.parseBoolean(runJavascript(project, runtimeJavaHome, inFipsJvmScript))
+            boolean inFipsJvm = Boolean.parseBoolean(runJavaAsScript(project, runtimeJavaHome, inFipsJvmScript))
 
             // Build debugging info
             println '======================================='
@@ -431,28 +431,28 @@ class BuildPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
         String versionInfoScript = 'print(' +
             'java.lang.System.getProperty("java.vendor") + " " + java.lang.System.getProperty("java.version") + ' +
             '" [" + java.lang.System.getProperty("java.vm.name") + " " + java.lang.System.getProperty("java.vm.version") + "]");'
-        return runJavascript(project, javaHome, versionInfoScript).trim()
+        return runJavaAsScript(project, javaHome, versionInfoScript).trim()
     }
 
     /** Finds the parsable java specification version */
     private static String findJavaSpecificationVersion(Project project, String javaHome) {
         String versionScript = 'print(java.lang.System.getProperty("java.specification.version"));'
-        return runJavascript(project, javaHome, versionScript)
+        return runJavaAsScript(project, javaHome, versionScript)
     }
 
     private static String findJavaVendor(Project project, String javaHome) {
         String vendorScript = 'print(java.lang.System.getProperty("java.vendor"));'
-        return runJavascript(project, javaHome, vendorScript)
+        return runJavaAsScript(project, javaHome, vendorScript)
     }
 
     /** Finds the parsable java specification version */
     private static String findJavaVersion(Project project, String javaHome) {
         String versionScript = 'print(java.lang.System.getProperty("java.version"));'
-        return runJavascript(project, javaHome, versionScript)
+        return runJavaAsScript(project, javaHome, versionScript)
     }
 
     /** Runs the given javascript using jjs from the jdk, and returns the output */
-    private static String runJavascript(Project project, String javaHome, String script) {
+    private static String runJavaAsScript(Project project, String javaHome, String script) {
         ByteArrayOutputStream stdout = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
         ByteArrayOutputStream stderr = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
         if (Os.isFamily(Os.FAMILY_WINDOWS)) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/sql/qa/security/with-ssl/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/sql/qa/security/with-ssl/build.gradle
index cfc04f97188a4..02120b7ccfad3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/sql/qa/security/with-ssl/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/sql/qa/security/with-ssl/build.gradle
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ integTestCluster {
   }
 }
 Closure notRunningFips = {
-  Boolean.parseBoolean(BuildPlugin.runJavascript(project, project.runtimeJavaHome,
+  Boolean.parseBoolean(BuildPlugin.runJavaAsScript(project, project.runtimeJavaHome,
           'print(java.security.Security.getProviders()[0].name.toLowerCase().contains("fips"));')) == false
 }