--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp	Fri Jan 19 12:48:51 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp	Thu Feb 08 20:56:03 2018 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -893,9 +893,6 @@
   develop(bool, TraceJavaAssertions, false,                                 \
           "Trace java language assertions")                                 \
                                                                             \
-  notproduct(bool, CheckAssertionStatusDirectives, false,                   \
-          "Temporary - see javaClasses.cpp")                                \
-                                                                            \
   notproduct(bool, PrintMallocFree, false,                                  \
           "Trace calls to C heap malloc/free allocation")                   \
                                                                             \