diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahConcurrentMark.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahConcurrentMark.cpp
index 891ccfe93d6..1835cdf7988 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahConcurrentMark.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahConcurrentMark.cpp
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ private:
   ShenandoahConcurrentMark* _cm;
   TaskTerminator*           _terminator;
   bool                      _dedup_string;
-  ShenandoahSharedFlag      _claimed_syncroots;
 
 public:
   ShenandoahFinalMarkingTask(ShenandoahConcurrentMark* cm, TaskTerminator* terminator, bool dedup_string) :
@@ -294,9 +293,6 @@ public:
                                                           ShenandoahStoreValEnqueueBarrier ? &resolve_mark_cl : NULL,
                                                           do_nmethods ? &blobsCl : NULL);
         Threads::threads_do(&tc);
-        if (ShenandoahStoreValEnqueueBarrier && _claimed_syncroots.try_set()) {
-          ObjectSynchronizer::oops_do(&resolve_mark_cl);
-        }
       } else {
         ShenandoahMarkRefsClosure mark_cl(q, rp);
         MarkingCodeBlobClosure blobsCl(&mark_cl, !CodeBlobToOopClosure::FixRelocations);
@@ -304,9 +300,6 @@ public:
                                                           ShenandoahStoreValEnqueueBarrier ? &mark_cl : NULL,
                                                           do_nmethods ? &blobsCl : NULL);
         Threads::threads_do(&tc);
-        if (ShenandoahStoreValEnqueueBarrier && _claimed_syncroots.try_set()) {
-          ObjectSynchronizer::oops_do(&mark_cl);
-        }
       }
     }