--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/constMethod.cpp	Thu Jan 31 07:24:28 2019 -0500
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/constMethod.cpp	Thu Jan 31 07:28:40 2019 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -426,7 +426,6 @@
 
 void ConstMethod::print_on(outputStream* st) const {
   ResourceMark rm;
-  assert(is_constMethod(), "must be constMethod");
   st->print_cr("%s", internal_name());
   Method* m = method();
   st->print(" - method:       " INTPTR_FORMAT " ", p2i((address)m));
@@ -444,7 +443,6 @@
 // Short version of printing ConstMethod* - just print the name of the
 // method it belongs to.
 void ConstMethod::print_value_on(outputStream* st) const {
-  assert(is_constMethod(), "must be constMethod");
   st->print(" const part of method " );
   Method* m = method();
   if (m != NULL) {
@@ -487,8 +485,6 @@
 // Verification
 
 void ConstMethod::verify_on(outputStream* st) {
-  guarantee(is_constMethod(), "object must be constMethod");
-
   // Verification can occur during oop construction before the method or
   // other fields have been initialized.
   guarantee(method() != NULL && method()->is_method(), "should be method");

--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/constMethod.hpp	Thu Jan 31 07:24:28 2019 -0500
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/constMethod.hpp	Thu Jan 31 07:28:40 2019 -0500
@@ -241,8 +241,6 @@
                                MethodType mt,
                                TRAPS);
 
-  bool is_constMethod() const { return true; }
-
   // Inlined tables
   void set_inlined_tables_length(InlineTableSizes* sizes);
 

--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/constantPool.cpp	Thu Jan 31 07:24:28 2019 -0500
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/constantPool.cpp	Thu Jan 31 07:28:40 2019 -0500
@@ -2523,11 +2523,6 @@
       guarantee(entry.get_symbol()->refcount() != 0, "should have nonzero reference count");
     }
   }
-  if (cache() != NULL) {
-    // Note: cache() can be NULL before a class is completely setup or
-    // in temporary constant pools used during constant pool merging
-    guarantee(cache()->is_constantPoolCache(), "should be constant pool cache");
-  }
   if (pool_holder() != NULL) {
     // Note: pool_holder() can be NULL in temporary constant pools
     // used during constant pool merging

--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/cpCache.cpp	Thu Jan 31 07:24:28 2019 -0500
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/cpCache.cpp	Thu Jan 31 07:28:40 2019 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -851,14 +851,12 @@
 // Printing
 
 void ConstantPoolCache::print_on(outputStream* st) const {
-  assert(is_constantPoolCache(), "obj must be constant pool cache");
   st->print_cr("%s", internal_name());
   // print constant pool cache entries
   for (int i = 0; i < length(); i++) entry_at(i)->print(st, i);
 }
 
 void ConstantPoolCache::print_value_on(outputStream* st) const {
-  assert(is_constantPoolCache(), "obj must be constant pool cache");
   st->print("cache [%d]", length());
   print_address_on(st);
   st->print(" for ");
@@ -869,7 +867,6 @@
 // Verification
 
 void ConstantPoolCache::verify_on(outputStream* st) {
-  guarantee(is_constantPoolCache(), "obj must be constant pool cache");
   // print constant pool cache entries
   for (int i = 0; i < length(); i++) entry_at(i)->verify(st);
 }

--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/cpCache.hpp	Thu Jan 31 07:24:28 2019 -0500
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/cpCache.hpp	Thu Jan 31 07:28:40 2019 -0500
@@ -444,7 +444,6 @@
                                      const intStack& cp_cache_map,
                                      const intStack& invokedynamic_cp_cache_map,
                                      const intStack& invokedynamic_references_map, TRAPS);
-  bool is_constantPoolCache() const { return true; }
 
   int length() const                      { return _length; }
   void metaspace_pointers_do(MetaspaceClosure* it);

--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/method.cpp	Thu Jan 31 07:24:28 2019 -0500
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/method.cpp	Thu Jan 31 07:28:40 2019 -0500
@@ -2403,7 +2403,6 @@
 void Method::verify_on(outputStream* st) {
   guarantee(is_method(), "object must be method");
   guarantee(constants()->is_constantPool(), "should be constant pool");
-  guarantee(constMethod()->is_constMethod(), "should be ConstMethod*");
   MethodData* md = method_data();
   guarantee(md == NULL ||
       md->is_methodData(), "should be method data");