--- old/src/share/vm/gc/parallel/psParallelCompact.cpp 2015-05-20 11:02:00.291259539 +0200 +++ new/src/share/vm/gc/parallel/psParallelCompact.cpp 2015-05-20 11:02:00.123253863 +0200 @@ -2029,7 +2029,6 @@ // Set the number of GC threads to be used in this collection gc_task_manager()->set_active_gang(); gc_task_manager()->task_idle_workers(); - heap->set_par_threads(gc_task_manager()->active_workers()); TraceCPUTime tcpu(PrintGCDetails, true, gclog_or_tty); GCTraceTime t1(GCCauseString("Full GC", gc_cause), PrintGC, !PrintGCDetails, NULL, _gc_tracer.gc_id());