--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/symbol.cpp	Fri Jan 04 17:46:56 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/symbol.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
@@ -212,13 +212,6 @@
   return str;
 }
 
-// Alternate hashing for unbalanced symbol tables.
-unsigned int Symbol::new_hash(juint seed) {
-  ResourceMark rm;
-  // Use alternate hashing algorithm on this symbol.
-  return AltHashing::murmur3_32(seed, (const jbyte*)as_C_string(), utf8_length());
-}
-
 // Increment refcount while checking for zero.  If the Symbol's refcount becomes zero
 // a thread could be concurrently removing the Symbol.  This is used during SymbolTable
 // lookup to avoid reviving a dead Symbol.