--- old/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/Handler.java	2013-12-14 11:47:29.088015554 +0100
+++ new/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/Handler.java	2013-12-14 11:47:28.971017579 +0100
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 package java.util.logging;
 
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+
 /**
  * A <tt>Handler</tt> object takes log messages from a <tt>Logger</tt> and
  * exports them.  It might for example, write them to a console
@@ -62,10 +63,6 @@
     private volatile ErrorManager errorManager = new ErrorManager();
     private volatile String encoding;
 
-    // Package private support for security checking.  When sealed
-    // is true, we access check updates to the class.
-    boolean sealed = true;
-
     /**
      * Default constructor.  The resulting <tt>Handler</tt> has a log
      * level of <tt>Level.ALL</tt>, no <tt>Formatter</tt>, and no
@@ -302,12 +299,9 @@
     }
 
     // Package-private support method for security checks.
-    // If "sealed" is true, we check that the caller has
-    // appropriate security privileges to update Handler
-    // state and if not throw a SecurityException.
+    // We check that the caller has appropriate security privileges
+    // to update Handler state and if not throw a SecurityException.
     void checkPermission() throws SecurityException {
-        if (sealed) {
-            manager.checkPermission();
-        }
+        manager.checkPermission();
     }
 }