src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp

@@ -4200,14 +4200,13 @@
                                       THREAD);
   if (shutdown_klass != NULL) {
     // SystemDictionary::resolve_or_null will return null if there was
     // an exception.  If we cannot load the Shutdown class, just don't
     // call Shutdown.shutdown() at all.  This will mean the shutdown hooks
-    // and finalizers (if runFinalizersOnExit is set) won't be run.
-    // Note that if a shutdown hook was registered or runFinalizersOnExit
-    // was called, the Shutdown class would have already been loaded
-    // (Runtime.addShutdownHook and runFinalizersOnExit will load it).
+    // won't be run.  Note that if a shutdown hook was registered,
+    // the Shutdown class would have already been loaded
+    // (Runtime.addShutdownHook will load it).
     JavaValue result(T_VOID);
     JavaCalls::call_static(&result,
                            shutdown_klass,
                            vmSymbols::shutdown_method_name(),
                            vmSymbols::void_method_signature(),