--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Tue Jan 15 16:40:31 2019 -0500
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Tue Jan 15 22:54:09 2019 +0100
@@ -4486,33 +4486,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-// Attach super classes and interface classes to class loader data
-static void record_defined_class_dependencies(const InstanceKlass* defined_klass,
-                                              TRAPS) {
-  assert(defined_klass != NULL, "invariant");
-
-  ClassLoaderData* const defining_loader_data = defined_klass->class_loader_data();
-  if (defining_loader_data->is_the_null_class_loader_data()) {
-      // Dependencies to null class loader data are implicit.
-      return;
-  } else {
-    // add super class dependency
-    Klass* const super = defined_klass->super();
-    if (super != NULL) {
-      defining_loader_data->record_dependency(super);
-    }
-
-    // add super interface dependencies
-    const Array<InstanceKlass*>* const local_interfaces = defined_klass->local_interfaces();
-    if (local_interfaces != NULL) {
-      const int length = local_interfaces->length();
-      for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-        defining_loader_data->record_dependency(local_interfaces->at(i));
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 // utility methods for appending an array with check for duplicates
 
 static void append_interfaces(GrowableArray<InstanceKlass*>* result,
@@ -5719,9 +5692,6 @@
     }
   }
 
-  // Update the loader_data graph.
-  record_defined_class_dependencies(ik, CHECK);
-
   ClassLoadingService::notify_class_loaded(ik, false /* not shared class */);
 
   if (!is_internal()) {