--- a/hotspot/make/windows/makefiles/vm.make	Thu Jan 24 23:30:45 2013 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/make/windows/makefiles/vm.make	Fri Jan 25 10:04:08 2013 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, 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
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@
 # No need to define anything, CORE is defined as !COMPILER1 && !COMPILER2
 !endif
 
-!if "$(Variant)" == "kernel"
-CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "KERNEL"
-!endif
-
 !if "$(Variant)" == "compiler1"
 CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "COMPILER1"
 !endif