--- a/jdk/make/common/shared/Defs.gmk	Wed Jul 05 16:39:00 2017 +0200
+++ b/jdk/make/common/shared/Defs.gmk	Wed Jul 30 19:40:57 2008 -0700
@@ -277,9 +277,6 @@
 PROMOTED_BUILD_BASEDIR = $(PROMOTED_RE_AREA)/$(PROMOTED_BUILD_LATEST)
 PROMOTED_BUILD_BINARIES = $(PROMOTED_BUILD_BASEDIR)/binaries
 
-# OPT: Changes what the optimizations settings (in _OPT)
-POPT = $(_OPT$(ALT_OPT))$(ALT_OPT)
-
 # PARALLEL_COMPILE_JOBS: is the number of compiles done in parallel.
 #  If the user sets ALT_PARALLEL_COMPILE_JOBS, then COMPILE_APPROACH is set
 #  to parallel.