--- a/src/hotspot/share/utilities/globalDefinitions.cpp	Fri Feb 16 14:23:30 2018 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/utilities/globalDefinitions.cpp	Sun Feb 18 13:32:24 2018 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2016, 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
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@
 // Oop encoding heap max
 uint64_t OopEncodingHeapMax = 0;
 
-void basic_fatal(const char* msg) {
-  fatal("%s", msg);
-}
-
 // Something to help porters sleep at night
 
 void basic_types_init() {