--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/stringTable.cpp	Wed Aug 30 19:18:22 2017 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/stringTable.cpp	Mon Aug 28 15:34:04 2017 -0700
@@ -729,7 +729,6 @@
   }
 
   G1CollectedHeap::heap()->end_archive_alloc_range(string_space, os::vm_allocation_granularity());
-  assert(string_space->length() <= 2, "sanity");
   return true;
 }