--- old/src/cpu/ppc/vm/bytes_ppc.hpp	2017-04-11 14:39:57.713902719 -0700
+++ new/src/cpu/ppc/vm/bytes_ppc.hpp	2017-04-11 14:39:57.589900473 -0700
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@
 
 #if defined(VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
 
-  // Returns true, if the byte ordering used by Java is different from the native byte ordering
-  // of the underlying machine. For example, true for Intel x86, False, for Solaris on Sparc.
-  static inline bool is_Java_byte_ordering_different() { return true; }
-
   // Forward declarations of the compiler-dependent implementation
   static inline u2 swap_u2(u2 x);
   static inline u4 swap_u4(u4 x);
@@ -155,10 +151,6 @@
 
 #else // !defined(VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
 
-  // Returns true, if the byte ordering used by Java is different from the nativ byte ordering
-  // of the underlying machine. For example, true for Intel x86, False, for Solaris on Sparc.
-  static inline bool is_Java_byte_ordering_different() { return false; }
-
   // Thus, a swap between native and Java ordering is always a no-op:
   static inline u2   swap_u2(u2 x)  { return x; }
   static inline u4   swap_u4(u4 x)  { return x; }