--- a/src/hotspot/os_cpu/linux_ppc/os_linux_ppc.cpp	Fri Oct 26 08:23:52 2018 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/os_cpu/linux_ppc/os_linux_ppc.cpp	Fri Oct 19 09:39:29 2018 +0200
@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@
   return (char*) -1;
 }
 
-void os::initialize_thread(Thread *thread) { }
-
 // Frame information (pc, sp, fp) retrieved via ucontext
 // always looks like a C-frame according to the frame
 // conventions in frame_ppc64.hpp.