--- old/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.cpp	2016-07-29 13:41:04.163690007 -0400
+++ new/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.cpp	2016-07-29 13:41:03.735226880 -0400
@@ -3243,15 +3243,6 @@
   mname->address_field_put(_vmindex_offset, (address) index);
 }
 
-bool java_lang_invoke_MemberName::equals(oop mn1, oop mn2) {
-  if (mn1 == mn2) {
-     return true;
-  }
-  return (vmtarget(mn1) == vmtarget(mn2) && flags(mn1) == flags(mn2) &&
-          vmindex(mn1) == vmindex(mn2) &&
-          clazz(mn1) == clazz(mn2));
-}
-
 oop java_lang_invoke_LambdaForm::vmentry(oop lform) {
   assert(is_instance(lform), "wrong type");
   return lform->obj_field(_vmentry_offset);