src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandleNatives.java

@@ -663,24 +663,6 @@
          if (symbolicRefClass == definingClass)  return true;
          if (symbolicRef.isStatic() || symbolicRef.isPrivate())  return false;
          return (definingClass.isAssignableFrom(symbolicRefClass) ||  // Msym overrides Mdef
                  symbolicRefClass.isInterface());                     // Mdef implements Msym
      }
- 
-     //--- AOTCache support
- 
-     /**
-      * In normal execution, this is set to true, so that LambdaFormEditor and MethodTypeForm will
-      * use soft references to allow class unloading.
-      *
-      * When dumping the AOTCache, this is set to false so that no cached heap objects will
-      * contain soft references (which are not yet supported by AOTCache - see JDK-8341587). AOTCache
-      * only stores LambdaFormEditors and MethodTypeForms for classes in the boot/platform/app loaders.
-      * Such classes will never be unloaded, so it's OK to use hard references.
-      */
-     static final boolean USE_SOFT_CACHE;
- 
-     static {
-         USE_SOFT_CACHE = Boolean.parseBoolean(
-                 System.getProperty("java.lang.invoke.MethodHandleNatives.USE_SOFT_CACHE", "true"));
-     }
  }