--- a/hotspot/src/os_cpu/windows_x86/vm/assembler_windows_x86_32.cpp	Wed Jul 05 16:39:00 2017 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/os_cpu/windows_x86/vm/assembler_windows_x86_32.cpp	Sat Jul 19 17:38:22 2008 -0400
@@ -58,7 +58,3 @@
          "Thread Pointer Offset has not been initialized");
   movl(thread, Address(thread, ThreadLocalStorage::get_thread_ptr_offset()));
 }
-
-bool MacroAssembler::needs_explicit_null_check(intptr_t offset) {
-  return offset < 0 || (int)os::vm_page_size() <= offset;
-}