--- old/src/share/vm/oops/arrayKlass.hpp	2016-01-22 15:20:58.578755558 +0100
+++ new/src/share/vm/oops/arrayKlass.hpp	2016-01-22 15:20:58.482751607 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2016, 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
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
   int      _dimension;         // This is n'th-dimensional array.
   Klass* volatile _higher_dimension;  // Refers the (n+1)'th-dimensional array (if present).
   Klass* volatile _lower_dimension;   // Refers the (n-1)'th-dimensional array (if present).
-  int      _vtable_len;        // size of vtable for this klass
 
  protected:
   // Constructors
@@ -112,9 +111,6 @@
 
   // Java vtable
   klassVtable* vtable() const;             // return new klassVtable
-  int  vtable_length() const               { return _vtable_len; }
-  static int base_vtable_length()          { return Universe::base_vtable_size(); }
-  void set_vtable_length(int len)          { assert(len == base_vtable_length(), "bad length"); _vtable_len = len; }
  protected:
   inline intptr_t* start_of_vtable() const;