src/java.base/share/classes/sun/net/www/http/KeepAliveCache.java

@@ -94,16 +94,13 @@
              */
             final KeepAliveCache cache = this;
             java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(
                 new java.security.PrivilegedAction<>() {
                 public Void run() {
-                    keepAliveTimer = new InnocuousThread(cache, "Keep-Alive-Timer");
+                    keepAliveTimer = new InnocuousThread(cache, "Keep-Alive-Timer", false);
                     keepAliveTimer.setDaemon(true);
                     keepAliveTimer.setPriority(Thread.MAX_PRIORITY - 2);
-                    // Set the context class loader to null in order to avoid
-                    // keeping a strong reference to an application classloader.
-                    keepAliveTimer.setContextClassLoader(null);
                     keepAliveTimer.start();
                     return null;
                 }
             });
         }