--- a/src/java.sql/share/classes/java/sql/Date.java	Tue Dec 05 14:10:11 2017 +0100
+++ b/src/java.sql/share/classes/java/sql/Date.java	Tue Dec 05 14:25:16 2017 +0100
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
-import jdk.internal.misc.SharedSecrets;
-import jdk.internal.misc.JavaLangAccess;
 
 /**
  * <P>A thin wrapper around a millisecond value that allows
@@ -46,8 +44,6 @@
  */
 public class Date extends java.util.Date {
 
-    private static final JavaLangAccess jla = SharedSecrets.getJavaLangAccess();
-
     /**
      * Constructs a <code>Date</code> object initialized with the given
      * year, month, and day.
@@ -168,7 +164,7 @@
         buf[7] = '-';
         Date.formatDecimalInt(day, buf, 8, 2);
 
-        return jla.newStringUnsafe(buf);
+        return new String(buf);
     }
 
     /**