--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/oop.cpp	Fri Jan 04 17:46:56 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/oop.cpp	Mon Jan 07 10:21:43 2019 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -97,21 +97,6 @@
   return ObjectSynchronizer::identity_hash_value_for(object);
 }
 
-// When String table needs to rehash
-unsigned int oopDesc::new_hash(juint seed) {
-  EXCEPTION_MARK;
-  ResourceMark rm;
-  int length;
-  jchar* chars = java_lang_String::as_unicode_string(this, length, THREAD);
-  if (chars != NULL) {
-    // Use alternate hashing algorithm on the string
-    return AltHashing::murmur3_32(seed, chars, length);
-  } else {
-    vm_exit_out_of_memory(length, OOM_MALLOC_ERROR, "unable to create Unicode strings for String table rehash");
-    return 0;
-  }
-}
-
 // used only for asserts and guarantees
 bool oopDesc::is_oop(oop obj, bool ignore_mark_word) {
   if (!Universe::heap()->is_oop(obj)) {