diff -r e4049522b074 -r 59ea39bb2809 src/hotspot/share/classfile/javaClasses.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/javaClasses.cpp	Tue May 14 11:28:44 2019 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/javaClasses.cpp	Tue May 14 11:29:18 2019 -0400
@@ -569,19 +569,19 @@
   return result;
 }
 
-Symbol* java_lang_String::as_symbol(oop java_string, TRAPS) {
+Symbol* java_lang_String::as_symbol(oop java_string) {
   typeArrayOop value  = java_lang_String::value(java_string);
   int          length = java_lang_String::length(java_string, value);
   bool      is_latin1 = java_lang_String::is_latin1(java_string);
   if (!is_latin1) {
     jchar* base = (length == 0) ? NULL : value->char_at_addr(0);
-    Symbol* sym = SymbolTable::lookup_unicode(base, length, THREAD);
+    Symbol* sym = SymbolTable::new_symbol(base, length);
     return sym;
   } else {
     ResourceMark rm;
     jbyte* position = (length == 0) ? NULL : value->byte_at_addr(0);
     const char* base = UNICODE::as_utf8(position, length);
-    Symbol* sym = SymbolTable::lookup(base, length, THREAD);
+    Symbol* sym = SymbolTable::new_symbol(base, length);
     return sym;
   }
 }
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@
   if (is_instance)  st->print(";");
 }
 
-Symbol* java_lang_Class::as_signature(oop java_class, bool intern_if_not_found, TRAPS) {
+Symbol* java_lang_Class::as_signature(oop java_class, bool intern_if_not_found) {
   assert(java_lang_Class::is_instance(java_class), "must be a Class object");
   Symbol* name;
   if (is_primitive(java_class)) {
@@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@
       if (!intern_if_not_found) {
         name = SymbolTable::probe(sigstr, siglen);
       } else {
-        name = SymbolTable::new_symbol(sigstr, siglen, THREAD);
+        name = SymbolTable::new_symbol(sigstr, siglen);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@
   PRESERVE_EXCEPTION_MARK;  // Keep original exception
   oop detailed_message = java_lang_Throwable::message(throwable);
   if (detailed_message != NULL) {
-    return java_lang_String::as_symbol(detailed_message, THREAD);
+    return java_lang_String::as_symbol(detailed_message);
   }
   return NULL;
 }
@@ -3703,7 +3703,7 @@
   java_lang_Class::print_signature(rtype(mt), st);
 }
 
-Symbol* java_lang_invoke_MethodType::as_signature(oop mt, bool intern_if_not_found, TRAPS) {
+Symbol* java_lang_invoke_MethodType::as_signature(oop mt, bool intern_if_not_found) {
   ResourceMark rm;
   stringStream buffer(128);
   print_signature(mt, &buffer);
@@ -3713,7 +3713,7 @@
   if (!intern_if_not_found) {
     name = SymbolTable::probe(sigstr, siglen);
   } else {
-    name = SymbolTable::new_symbol(sigstr, siglen, THREAD);
+    name = SymbolTable::new_symbol(sigstr, siglen);
   }
   return name;
 }
@@ -4375,11 +4375,11 @@
 bool JavaClasses::check_offset(const char *klass_name, int hardcoded_offset, const char *field_name, const char* field_sig) {
   EXCEPTION_MARK;
   fieldDescriptor fd;
-  TempNewSymbol klass_sym = SymbolTable::new_symbol(klass_name, CATCH);
+  TempNewSymbol klass_sym = SymbolTable::new_symbol(klass_name);
   Klass* k = SystemDictionary::resolve_or_fail(klass_sym, true, CATCH);
   InstanceKlass* ik = InstanceKlass::cast(k);
-  TempNewSymbol f_name = SymbolTable::new_symbol(field_name, CATCH);
-  TempNewSymbol f_sig  = SymbolTable::new_symbol(field_sig, CATCH);
+  TempNewSymbol f_name = SymbolTable::new_symbol(field_name);
+  TempNewSymbol f_sig  = SymbolTable::new_symbol(field_sig);
   if (!ik->find_local_field(f_name, f_sig, &fd)) {
     tty->print_cr("Nonstatic field %s.%s not found", klass_name, field_name);
     return false;