--- old/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvm.cpp	2018-10-31 16:00:52.169806388 -0400
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvm.cpp	2018-10-31 16:00:51.341006966 -0400
@@ -1033,7 +1033,8 @@
                                        NULL, // unsafe_anonymous_host
                                        NULL, // cp_patches
                                        is_nonfindable,
-                                       true, // is_weak - workaround to allow access to VM annotations
+                                       is_weak,
+                                       vm_annotations, 
                                        CHECK_NULL);
     if (k == NULL) {
       THROW_MSG_0(vmSymbols::java_lang_Error(), "Failure to define a nonfindable class");