--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/gcTaskThread.cpp	Fri Oct 26 08:23:52 2018 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/gcTaskThread.cpp	Fri Oct 19 09:39:29 2018 +0200
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@
 // for tasks to be enqueued for execution.
 
 void GCTaskThread::run() {
-  // Set up the thread for stack overflow support
-  this->record_stack_base_and_size();
   this->initialize_named_thread();
   // Bind yourself to your processor.
   if (processor_id() != GCTaskManager::sentinel_worker()) {