--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/security/ssl/Ciphertext.java	Fri Jan 11 10:03:00 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/security/ssl/Ciphertext.java	Mon Jan 14 10:00:45 2019 -0800
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
  * Ciphertext
  */
 final class Ciphertext {
-    static final Ciphertext CIPHERTEXT_NULL = new Ciphertext();
-
     final byte contentType;
     final byte handshakeType;
     final long recordSN;