--- old/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/TestCommon.java	2018-04-25 23:40:08.138893864 -0400
+++ new/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/TestCommon.java	2018-04-25 23:40:06.498799038 -0400
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@
         return createArchive(opts);
     }
 
-    // If you use -XX:+UseAppCDS or -XX:-UseAppCDS in your JVM command-line, call this method
-    // to wrap the arguments.
     public static String[] makeCommandLineForAppCDS(String... args) throws Exception {
         return args;
     }
@@ -135,7 +133,6 @@
 
         cmd.add("-Xshare:dump");
         cmd.add("-Xlog:cds,cds+hashtables");
-        cmd.add("-XX:+UseAppCDS");
         cmd.add("-XX:ExtraSharedClassListFile=" + classList.getPath());
 
         if (opts.archiveName == null)
@@ -160,7 +157,6 @@
         for (String p : opts.prefix) cmd.add(p);
 
         cmd.add("-Xshare:" + opts.xShareMode);
-        cmd.add("-XX:+UseAppCDS");
         cmd.add("-showversion");
         cmd.add("-XX:SharedArchiveFile=" + getCurrentArchiveName());
         cmd.add("-Dtest.timeout.factor=" + timeoutFactor);