--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Mon Apr 28 16:05:12 2014 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Tue Apr 29 08:08:44 2014 +0200
@@ -164,11 +164,6 @@
             "Class file version does not support constant tag %u in class file %s",
             tag, CHECK);
         }
-        if (!EnableInvokeDynamic) {
-          classfile_parse_error(
-            "This JVM does not support constant tag %u in class file %s",
-            tag, CHECK);
-        }
         if (tag == JVM_CONSTANT_MethodHandle) {
           cfs->guarantee_more(4, CHECK);  // ref_kind, method_index, tag/access_flags
           u1 ref_kind = cfs->get_u1_fast();
@@ -189,11 +184,6 @@
               "Class file version does not support constant tag %u in class file %s",
               tag, CHECK);
           }
-          if (!EnableInvokeDynamic) {
-            classfile_parse_error(
-              "This JVM does not support constant tag %u in class file %s",
-              tag, CHECK);
-          }
           cfs->guarantee_more(5, CHECK);  // bsm_index, nt, tag/access_flags
           u2 bootstrap_specifier_index = cfs->get_u2_fast();
           u2 name_and_type_index = cfs->get_u2_fast();
@@ -263,7 +253,7 @@
             verify_legal_utf8((unsigned char*)utf8_buffer, utf8_length, CHECK);
           }
 
-          if (EnableInvokeDynamic && has_cp_patch_at(index)) {
+          if (has_cp_patch_at(index)) {
             Handle patch = clear_cp_patch_at(index);
             guarantee_property(java_lang_String::is_instance(patch()),
                                "Illegal utf8 patch at %d in class file %s",
@@ -419,8 +409,7 @@
         {
           int ref_index = cp->method_handle_index_at(index);
           check_property(
-            valid_cp_range(ref_index, length) &&
-                EnableInvokeDynamic,
+            valid_cp_range(ref_index, length),
               "Invalid constant pool index %u in class file %s",
               ref_index, CHECK_(nullHandle));
           constantTag tag = cp->tag_at(ref_index);
@@ -466,7 +455,7 @@
       case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodType :
         {
           int ref_index = cp->method_type_index_at(index);
-          check_property(valid_symbol_at(ref_index) && EnableInvokeDynamic,
+          check_property(valid_symbol_at(ref_index),
                  "Invalid constant pool index %u in class file %s",
                  ref_index, CHECK_(nullHandle));
         }
@@ -492,7 +481,6 @@
 
   if (_cp_patches != NULL) {
     // need to treat this_class specially...
-    assert(EnableInvokeDynamic, "");
     int this_class_index;
     {
       cfs->guarantee_more(8, CHECK_(nullHandle));  // flags, this_class, super_class, infs_len
@@ -640,7 +628,6 @@
 
 
 void ClassFileParser::patch_constant_pool(constantPoolHandle cp, int index, Handle patch, TRAPS) {
-  assert(EnableInvokeDynamic, "");
   BasicType patch_type = T_VOID;
 
   switch (cp->tag_at(index).value()) {