--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.hpp	Tue Dec 11 13:13:18 2018 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.hpp	Tue Dec 11 18:00:17 2018 -0500
@@ -2156,7 +2156,6 @@
   static int         _thread_claim_parity;
 #ifdef ASSERT
   static bool        _vm_complete;
-  static size_t      _threads_before_barrier_set;
 #endif
 
   static void initialize_java_lang_classes(JavaThread* main_thread, TRAPS);
@@ -2226,14 +2225,6 @@
 
 #ifdef ASSERT
   static bool is_vm_complete() { return _vm_complete; }
-
-  static size_t threads_before_barrier_set() {
-    return _threads_before_barrier_set;
-  }
-
-  static void inc_threads_before_barrier_set() {
-    ++_threads_before_barrier_set;
-  }
 #endif // ASSERT
 
   // Verification