--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/collectorPolicy.cpp	Thu Feb 22 18:36:32 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/collectorPolicy.cpp	Thu Feb 22 18:37:23 2018 +0100
@@ -170,9 +170,7 @@
     _min_old_size(0),
     _initial_old_size(0),
     _max_old_size(0),
-    _gen_alignment(0),
-    _young_gen_spec(NULL),
-    _old_gen_spec(NULL)
+    _gen_alignment(0)
 {}
 
 size_t GenCollectorPolicy::scale_by_NewRatio_aligned(size_t base_size) {
@@ -549,11 +547,6 @@
   _heap_alignment = compute_heap_alignment();
 }
 
-void MarkSweepPolicy::initialize_generations() {
-  _young_gen_spec = new GenerationSpec(Generation::DefNew, _initial_young_size, _max_young_size, _gen_alignment);
-  _old_gen_spec   = new GenerationSpec(Generation::MarkSweepCompact, _initial_old_size, _max_old_size, _gen_alignment);
-}
-
 void MarkSweepPolicy::initialize_gc_policy_counters() {
   // Initialize the policy counters - 2 collectors, 2 generations.
   _gc_policy_counters = new GCPolicyCounters("Copy:MSC", 2, 2);