--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/constantPool.hpp	Wed Nov 29 18:43:35 2017 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/constantPool.hpp	Tue Nov 28 21:43:45 2017 +0100
@@ -982,13 +982,7 @@
   int                   _table_size;
   SymbolHashMapBucket*  _buckets;
 
-  void initialize_table(int table_size) {
-    _table_size = table_size;
-    _buckets = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(SymbolHashMapBucket, table_size, mtSymbol);
-    for (int index = 0; index < table_size; index++) {
-      _buckets[index].clear();
-    }
-  }
+  void initialize_table(int table_size);
 
  public: