--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/stringTable.hpp	Fri May 19 04:18:25 2017 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/stringTable.hpp	Tue May 23 17:51:35 2017 +0200
@@ -164,9 +164,6 @@
                                  CompactStringTableWriter* ch_table);
   static void serialize(SerializeClosure* soc, GrowableArray<MemRegion> *string_space,
                         size_t* space_size);
-  static void reverse() {
-    the_table()->Hashtable<oop, mtSymbol>::reverse();
-  }
 
   // Rehash the symbol table if it gets out of balance
   static void rehash_table();