--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc/parallel/gcTaskThread.cpp	Thu Apr 28 15:40:45 2016 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc/parallel/gcTaskThread.cpp	Thu Aug 06 22:07:30 2015 -0700
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@
   _time_stamps(NULL),
   _time_stamp_index(0)
 {
-  if (!os::create_thread(this, os::pgc_thread))
-    vm_exit_out_of_memory(0, OOM_MALLOC_ERROR, "Cannot create GC thread. Out of system resources.");
-
   set_id(which);
   set_name("ParGC Thread#%d", which);
 }
@@ -57,10 +54,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-void GCTaskThread::start() {
-  os::start_thread(this);
-}
-
 GCTaskTimeStamp* GCTaskThread::time_stamp_at(uint index) {
   guarantee(index < GCTaskTimeStampEntries, "increase GCTaskTimeStampEntries");
   if (_time_stamps == NULL) {