--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psMarkSweep.cpp	Thu Jan 31 10:18:41 2019 -0500
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psMarkSweep.cpp	Thu Jan 31 10:29:53 2019 -0500
@@ -566,12 +566,6 @@
     Klass::clean_weak_klass_links(purged_class);
   }
 
-  {
-    GCTraceTime(Debug, gc, phases) t("Scrub Symbol Table", _gc_timer);
-    // Clean up unreferenced symbols in symbol table.
-    SymbolTable::unlink();
-  }
-
   _gc_tracer->report_object_count_after_gc(is_alive_closure());
 }