--- old/src/hotspot/share/oops/method.cpp	2018-02-27 10:50:38.292230000 +0100
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/oops/method.cpp	2018-02-27 10:50:37.929198000 +0100
@@ -176,15 +176,6 @@
   return buf;
 }
 
-// Helper routine: get modifier list as C string. The string has a
-// trailing whitespace if not empty. The string is allocated
-// in resource area.
-char* Method::modifiers_as_C_string() const {
-  stringStream ss;
-  access_flags().print_on(&ss);
-  return ss.as_string();
-}
-
 int Method::fast_exception_handler_bci_for(const methodHandle& mh, Klass* ex_klass, int throw_bci, TRAPS) {
   // exception table holds quadruple entries of the form (beg_bci, end_bci, handler_bci, klass_index)
   // access exception table