diff -r 76960a347f10 -r a6b6a428c915 src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp	Fri Feb 23 10:14:23 2018 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp	Fri Feb 23 14:13:06 2018 -0500
@@ -842,9 +842,6 @@
   product(bool, FailOverToOldVerifier, true,                                \
           "Fail over to old verifier when split verifier fails")            \
                                                                             \
-  develop(bool, ShowSafepointMsgs, false,                                   \
-          "Show message about safepoint synchronization")                   \
-                                                                            \
   product(bool, SafepointTimeout, false,                                    \
           "Time out and warn or fail after SafepointTimeoutDelay "          \
           "milliseconds if failed to reach safepoint")                      \