--- old/src/hotspot/share/runtime/vmThread.cpp	2018-12-27 19:47:06.194291888 -0500
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/runtime/vmThread.cpp	2018-12-27 19:47:04.478194162 -0500
@@ -285,8 +285,6 @@
 void VMThread::run() {
   assert(this == vm_thread(), "check");
 
-  this->initialize_named_thread();
-
   // Notify_lock wait checks on active_handles() to rewait in
   // case of spurious wakeup, it should wait on the last
   // value set prior to the notify