diff --git a/make/modules/java.desktop/Java.gmk b/make/modules/java.desktop/Java.gmk
index c9057c09c7f..3b43862dd80 100644
--- a/make/modules/java.desktop/Java.gmk
+++ b/make/modules/java.desktop/Java.gmk
@@ -141,8 +141,7 @@ endif
# pick them up since they aren't generated when the source dirs are
# searched and they aren't referenced by any other classes so they won't
# be picked up by implicit compilation. On a rebuild, they are picked up
-# and compiled. Exclude them here to produce the same rt.jar as the old
-# build does when building just once.
+# and compiled.
EXCLUDE_FILES += \
javax/swing/plaf/nimbus/InternalFrameTitlePanePainter.java \
javax/swing/plaf/nimbus/OptionPaneMessageAreaPainter.java \
diff --git a/src/demo/share/nbproject/jfc/FileChooserDemo/nbproject/project.xml b/src/demo/share/nbproject/jfc/FileChooserDemo/nbproject/project.xml
index f24531b0f93..085f0d213f5 100644
--- a/src/demo/share/nbproject/jfc/FileChooserDemo/nbproject/project.xml
+++ b/src/demo/share/nbproject/jfc/FileChooserDemo/nbproject/project.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
user.build.properties
build.properties
- ${nbjdk.home}/jre/lib/rt.jar
diff --git a/src/demo/share/nbproject/jfc/Notepad/nbproject/jdk.xml b/src/demo/share/nbproject/jfc/Notepad/nbproject/jdk.xml
index 2b85b77e928..d06d6a8ec94 100644
--- a/src/demo/share/nbproject/jfc/Notepad/nbproject/jdk.xml
+++ b/src/demo/share/nbproject/jfc/Notepad/nbproject/jdk.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
-
diff --git a/src/demo/share/nbproject/jfc/SampleTree/nbproject/project.xml b/src/demo/share/nbproject/jfc/SampleTree/nbproject/project.xml
index ff388720ac2..9297a4cc9dd 100644
--- a/src/demo/share/nbproject/jfc/SampleTree/nbproject/project.xml
+++ b/src/demo/share/nbproject/jfc/SampleTree/nbproject/project.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
user.build.properties
build.properties
- ${nbjdk.home}/jre/lib/rt.jar
diff --git a/src/demo/share/nbproject/jfc/TableExample/nbproject/project.xml b/src/demo/share/nbproject/jfc/TableExample/nbproject/project.xml
index c8033eff909..9fc0be5d08e 100644
--- a/src/demo/share/nbproject/jfc/TableExample/nbproject/project.xml
+++ b/src/demo/share/nbproject/jfc/TableExample/nbproject/project.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
user.build.properties
build.properties
- ${nbjdk.home}/jre/lib/rt.jar
diff --git a/src/java.sql/share/classes/java/sql/DriverManager.java b/src/java.sql/share/classes/java/sql/DriverManager.java
index 7b171b2e52c..93bc5972cff 100644
--- a/src/java.sql/share/classes/java/sql/DriverManager.java
+++ b/src/java.sql/share/classes/java/sql/DriverManager.java
@@ -652,10 +652,9 @@ public class DriverManager {
private static Connection getConnection(
String url, java.util.Properties info, Class> caller) throws SQLException {
/*
- * When callerCl is null, we should check the application's
- * (which is invoking this class indirectly)
- * classloader, so that the JDBC driver class outside rt.jar
- * can be loaded from here.
+ * If the caller is defined to the bootstrap or platform class loader then use
+ * the Thread CCL as the initiating class loader so that a JDBC on the class path,
+ * or bundled with an application, is found.
*/
ClassLoader callerCL = caller != null ? caller.getClassLoader() : null;
if (callerCL == null || callerCL == ClassLoader.getPlatformClassLoader()) {
diff --git a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/file/JavacFileManager.java b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/file/JavacFileManager.java
index 44951ac83f6..e7ce967065b 100644
--- a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/file/JavacFileManager.java
+++ b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/file/JavacFileManager.java
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ public class JavacFileManager extends BaseFileManager implements StandardJavaFil
}
/**
- * Set whether or not to use ct.sym as an alternate to rt.jar.
+ * Set whether or not to use ct.sym as an alternate to the current runtime.
*/
public void setSymbolFileEnabled(boolean b) {
symbolFileEnabled = b;
diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/compiler/c2/Test6603011.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/compiler/c2/Test6603011.java
index 796370b6641..d035eefcc51 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/compiler/c2/Test6603011.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/compiler/c2/Test6603011.java
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ public class Test6603011 implements Runnable {
}
// Try a few divisors outside the typical range.
- // The values below have been observed in rt.jar.
test_divisor(101, apploader);
test_divisor(400, apploader);
test_divisor(1000, apploader);
diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/jvmti/AttachOnDemand/attach024/TestDescription.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/jvmti/AttachOnDemand/attach024/TestDescription.java
index 5763ace8595..348c909f2e0 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/jvmti/AttachOnDemand/attach024/TestDescription.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/jvmti/AttachOnDemand/attach024/TestDescription.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
* Test checks that agent's JAR file is appended at the end of the system class path.
* Agent's JAR file contains modified class java.util.TooManyListenersException (it is assumed
* that this class isn't loaded before agent is loaded), agent instantiates TooManyListenersException
- * and checks that non-modified version of this class was loaded from rt.jar (not from agent's JAR).
+ * and checks that non-modified version of this class was loaded from the jdk image (not from agent's JAR).
*
* @library /vmTestbase
* /test/lib
diff --git a/test/jdk/com/sun/tools/attach/ProviderTest.java b/test/jdk/com/sun/tools/attach/ProviderTest.java
index 575420722d3..5359d4241db 100644
--- a/test/jdk/com/sun/tools/attach/ProviderTest.java
+++ b/test/jdk/com/sun/tools/attach/ProviderTest.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public class ProviderTest {
public static class TestMain {
public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
// deal with internal builds where classes are loaded from the
- // 'classes' directory rather than rt.jar
+ // 'classes' directory rather than the runtime image
ClassLoader cl = AttachProvider.class.getClassLoader();
if (cl != ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader()) {
System.out.println("Attach API not loaded by system class loader - test skipped");
diff --git a/test/jdk/java/lang/Class/getDeclaredField/FieldSetAccessibleTest.java b/test/jdk/java/lang/Class/getDeclaredField/FieldSetAccessibleTest.java
index 374e9c355b4..624b287b0bf 100644
--- a/test/jdk/java/lang/Class/getDeclaredField/FieldSetAccessibleTest.java
+++ b/test/jdk/java/lang/Class/getDeclaredField/FieldSetAccessibleTest.java
@@ -228,8 +228,7 @@ public class FieldSetAccessibleTest {
throw new RuntimeException("Test failed for the following classes: " + failed);
}
if (!classFound && startIndex == 0 && index < maxIndex) {
- // this is just to verify that we have indeed parsed rt.jar
- // (or the java.base module)
+ // this is just to verify that we have indeed parsed the java.base module
throw new RuntimeException("Test failed: Class.class not found...");
}
if (classCount.get() == 0 && startIndex == 0) {
diff --git a/test/langtools/tools/javap/4798312/JavapShouldLoadClassesFromRTJarTest.java b/test/langtools/tools/javap/4798312/JavapShouldLoadClassesFromRTJarTest.java
index aba089df175..664bca040de 100644
--- a/test/langtools/tools/javap/4798312/JavapShouldLoadClassesFromRTJarTest.java
+++ b/test/langtools/tools/javap/4798312/JavapShouldLoadClassesFromRTJarTest.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
/*
* @test
* @bug 4798312
- * @summary In Windows, javap doesn't load classes from rt.jar
+ * @summary In Windows, javap doesn't load classes from the runtime image
* @library /tools/lib
* @modules jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api
* jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main