--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp	Thu May 09 12:56:15 2019 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp	Thu May 09 12:04:20 2019 -0500
@@ -2959,14 +2959,6 @@
     LogConfiguration::configure_stdout(LogLevel::Info, true, LOG_TAGS(class, path));
   }
 
-  // Change the default value for flags  which have different default values
-  // when working with older JDKs.
-#ifdef LINUX
- if (JDK_Version::current().compare_major(6) <= 0 &&
-      FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(UseLinuxPosixThreadCPUClocks)) {
-    FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(UseLinuxPosixThreadCPUClocks, false);
-  }
-#endif // LINUX
   fix_appclasspath();
 
   return JNI_OK;