--- old/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/concurrentGCThread.cpp	2018-12-27 19:46:38.168695933 -0500
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/concurrentGCThread.cpp	2018-12-27 19:46:36.472599346 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2018, 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
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 }
 
 void ConcurrentGCThread::initialize_in_thread() {
-  this->initialize_named_thread();
   this->set_active_handles(JNIHandleBlock::allocate_block());
   // From this time Thread::current() should be working.
   assert(this == Thread::current(), "just checking");