--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/logging/logDecorations.hpp	Sun Aug 21 20:56:37 2016 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/logging/logDecorations.hpp	Thu Jul 14 09:52:03 2016 +0200
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@
 
   LogDecorations(LogLevelType level, const LogTagSet& tagset, const LogDecorators& decorators);
 
-  LogLevelType level() const {
-    return _level;
-  }
-
   void set_level(LogLevelType level) {
     _level = level;
   }