--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Thu Feb 03 20:30:19 2011 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Tue Feb 08 09:11:37 2011 -0800
@@ -962,22 +962,6 @@
                                          vmSymbols::void_method_signature(), CHECK);
 }
 
-#ifdef KERNEL
-static void set_jkernel_boot_classloader_hook(TRAPS) {
-  klassOop k = SystemDictionary::sun_jkernel_DownloadManager_klass();
-  instanceKlassHandle klass (THREAD, k);
-
-  if (k == NULL) {
-    // sun.jkernel.DownloadManager may not present in the JDK; just return
-    return;
-  }
-
-  JavaValue result(T_VOID);
-  JavaCalls::call_static(&result, klass, vmSymbols::setBootClassLoaderHook_name(),
-                                         vmSymbols::void_method_signature(), CHECK);
-}
-#endif // KERNEL
-
 // General purpose hook into Java code, run once when the VM is initialized.
 // The Java library method itself may be changed independently from the VM.
 static void call_postVMInitHook(TRAPS) {
@@ -3284,12 +3268,6 @@
     vm_exit_during_initialization(Handle(THREAD, PENDING_EXCEPTION));
   }
 
-#ifdef KERNEL
-  if (JDK_Version::is_gte_jdk17x_version()) {
-    set_jkernel_boot_classloader_hook(THREAD);
-  }
-#endif // KERNEL
-
 #ifndef SERIALGC
   // Support for ConcurrentMarkSweep. This should be cleaned up
   // and better encapsulated. The ugly nested if test would go away