--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Thu Jun 18 10:26:58 2015 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Thu Jun 18 08:44:28 2015 -0400
@@ -949,8 +949,7 @@
         assert(runtime_visible_annotations != NULL, "null visible annotations");
         parse_annotations(runtime_visible_annotations,
                           runtime_visible_annotations_length,
-                          parsed_annotations,
-                          CHECK);
+                          parsed_annotations);
         cfs->skip_u1(runtime_visible_annotations_length, CHECK);
       } else if (attribute_name == vmSymbols::tag_runtime_invisible_annotations()) {
         if (runtime_invisible_annotations_exists) {
@@ -1643,7 +1642,6 @@
     index = skip_annotation(buffer, limit, index);
     break;
   default:
-    assert(false, "annotation tag");
     return limit;  //  bad tag byte
   }
   return index;
@@ -1651,8 +1649,7 @@
 
 // Sift through annotations, looking for those significant to the VM:
 void ClassFileParser::parse_annotations(u1* buffer, int limit,
-                                        ClassFileParser::AnnotationCollector* coll,
-                                        TRAPS) {
+                                        ClassFileParser::AnnotationCollector* coll) {
   // annotations := do(nann:u2) {annotation}
   int index = 0;
   if ((index += 2) >= limit)  return;  // read nann
@@ -2280,8 +2277,7 @@
         runtime_visible_annotations = cfs->get_u1_buffer();
         assert(runtime_visible_annotations != NULL, "null visible annotations");
         parse_annotations(runtime_visible_annotations,
-            runtime_visible_annotations_length, &parsed_annotations,
-            CHECK_(nullHandle));
+            runtime_visible_annotations_length, &parsed_annotations);
         cfs->skip_u1(runtime_visible_annotations_length, CHECK_(nullHandle));
       } else if (method_attribute_name == vmSymbols::tag_runtime_invisible_annotations()) {
         if (runtime_invisible_annotations_exists) {
@@ -2945,8 +2941,7 @@
         assert(runtime_visible_annotations != NULL, "null visible annotations");
         parse_annotations(runtime_visible_annotations,
                           runtime_visible_annotations_length,
-                          parsed_annotations,
-                          CHECK);
+                          parsed_annotations);
         cfs->skip_u1(runtime_visible_annotations_length, CHECK);
       } else if (tag == vmSymbols::tag_runtime_invisible_annotations()) {
         if (runtime_invisible_annotations_exists) {