--- a/src/hotspot/share/utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp	Mon Apr 23 11:37:46 2018 -0700
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp	Mon Apr 23 14:51:16 2018 -0500
@@ -1259,11 +1259,4 @@
   return *(void**)addr;
 }
 
-//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// String type aliases used by command line flag declarations and
-// processing utilities.
-
-typedef const char* ccstr;
-typedef const char* ccstrlist;   // represents string arguments which accumulate
-
 #endif // SHARE_VM_UTILITIES_GLOBALDEFINITIONS_HPP