diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/architecture/ArchitectureCheck.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/architecture/ArchitectureCheck.java
index 732dbb8a42e..3ce2807508e 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/architecture/ArchitectureCheck.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/architecture/ArchitectureCheck.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public abstract class ArchitectureCheck extends DefaultTask {
 	}
 
 	private void writeViolationReport(List<EvaluationResult> violations, File outputFile) throws IOException {
-		Files.createDirectories(outputFile.getParentFile().toPath());
+		outputFile.getParentFile().mkdirs();
 		StringBuilder report = new StringBuilder();
 		for (EvaluationResult violation : violations) {
 			report.append(violation.getFailureReport());
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/build/architecture/ArchitectureCheckTests.java b/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/build/architecture/ArchitectureCheckTests.java
index 3736c347076..259cec46b59 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/build/architecture/ArchitectureCheckTests.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/build/architecture/ArchitectureCheckTests.java
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ class ArchitectureCheckTests {
 	private void runGradle(Consumer<GradleRunner> callback) {
 		callback.accept(GradleRunner.create()
 			.withProjectDir(this.projectDir.toFile())
-			// .withArguments("checkArchitectureMain", "-Dorg.gradle.debug=true")
 			.withArguments("checkArchitectureMain")
 			.withPluginClasspath());
 	}