--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/collectorPolicy.hpp	Thu Feb 22 18:34:39 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/collectorPolicy.hpp	Thu Feb 22 18:35:04 2018 +0100
@@ -113,10 +113,6 @@
   // Called by the GC after Soft Refs have been cleared to indicate
   // that the request in _should_clear_all_soft_refs has been fulfilled.
   virtual void cleared_all_soft_refs();
-
-  virtual MetaWord* satisfy_failed_metadata_allocation(ClassLoaderData* loader_data,
-                                                       size_t size,
-                                                       Metaspace::MetadataType mdtype);
 };
 
 class ClearedAllSoftRefs : public StackObj {