--- old/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classLoader.cpp	2018-04-25 23:39:38.621187251 -0400
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classLoader.cpp	2018-04-25 23:39:36.797081788 -0400
@@ -636,25 +636,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-#if INCLUDE_CDS
-void ClassLoader::check_shared_classpath(const char *path) {
-  if (strcmp(path, "") == 0) {
-    exit_with_path_failure("Cannot have empty path in archived classpaths", NULL);
-  }
-
-  struct stat st;
-  if (os::stat(path, &st) == 0) {
-    if ((st.st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFREG) { // is not a regular file
-      if (!os::dir_is_empty(path)) {
-        tty->print_cr("Error: non-empty directory '%s'", path);
-        exit_with_path_failure("CDS allows only empty directories in archived classpaths",
-NULL);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-#endif
-
 void ClassLoader::setup_bootstrap_search_path() {
   const char* sys_class_path = Arguments::get_sysclasspath();
   if (PrintSharedArchiveAndExit) {