--- old/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/parallelArguments.cpp 2019-12-18 16:36:50.149529557 +0100 +++ new/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/parallelArguments.cpp 2019-12-18 16:36:49.977527233 +0100 @@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ void ParallelArguments::initialize() { GCArguments::initialize(); assert(UseParallelGC, "Error"); - FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(UseParallelGC, true); // If no heap maximum was requested explicitly, use some reasonable fraction // of the physical memory, up to a maximum of 1GB.