--- a/src/hotspot/os/aix/os_aix.cpp	Wed Jan 24 18:00:36 2018 -0500
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/aix/os_aix.cpp	Sun Jan 28 19:49:06 2018 -0500
@@ -4244,48 +4244,6 @@
   return -1;
 }
 
-// is_headless_jre()
-//
-// Test for the existence of xawt/libmawt.so or libawt_xawt.so
-// in order to report if we are running in a headless jre.
-//
-// Since JDK8 xawt/libmawt.so is moved into the same directory
-// as libawt.so, and renamed libawt_xawt.so
-bool os::is_headless_jre() {
-  struct stat statbuf;
-  char buf[MAXPATHLEN];
-  char libmawtpath[MAXPATHLEN];
-  const char *xawtstr = "/xawt/libmawt.so";
-  const char *new_xawtstr = "/libawt_xawt.so";
-
-  char *p;
-
-  // Get path to libjvm.so
-  os::jvm_path(buf, sizeof(buf));
-
-  // Get rid of libjvm.so
-  p = strrchr(buf, '/');
-  if (p == NULL) return false;
-  else *p = '\0';
-
-  // Get rid of client or server
-  p = strrchr(buf, '/');
-  if (p == NULL) return false;
-  else *p = '\0';
-
-  // check xawt/libmawt.so
-  strcpy(libmawtpath, buf);
-  strcat(libmawtpath, xawtstr);
-  if (::stat(libmawtpath, &statbuf) == 0) return false;
-
-  // check libawt_xawt.so
-  strcpy(libmawtpath, buf);
-  strcat(libmawtpath, new_xawtstr);
-  if (::stat(libmawtpath, &statbuf) == 0) return false;
-
-  return true;
-}
-
 // Get the default path to the core file
 // Returns the length of the string
 int os::get_core_path(char* buffer, size_t bufferSize) {