diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp
index 8f3b9aa11c7..bacbe3f343f 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ static SpecialFlag const special_jvm_flags[] = {
   { "DefaultMaxRAMFraction",        JDK_Version::jdk(8),  JDK_Version::jdk(23), JDK_Version::jdk(24) },
   { "TLABStats",                    JDK_Version::jdk(12), JDK_Version::jdk(23), JDK_Version::jdk(24) },
   { "GCLockerEdenExpansionPercent", JDK_Version::undefined(), JDK_Version::jdk(23), JDK_Version::jdk(24) },
+  { "NUMAPageScanRate",             JDK_Version::undefined(), JDK_Version::jdk(23), JDK_Version::jdk(24) },
 #ifdef ASSERT
   { "DummyObsoleteTestFlag",        JDK_Version::undefined(), JDK_Version::jdk(18), JDK_Version::undefined() },
 #endif
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp
index 88549316e8c..d27fa2bd6b3 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp
@@ -220,10 +220,6 @@ const int ObjectAlignmentInBytes = 8;
   product(bool, NUMAStats, false,                                           \
           "Print NUMA stats in detailed heap information")                  \
                                                                             \
-  product(uintx, NUMAPageScanRate, 256,                                     \
-          "Maximum number of pages to include in the page scan procedure")  \
-          range(0, max_uintx)                                               \
-                                                                            \
   product(bool, UseAES, false,                                              \
           "Control whether AES instructions are used when available")       \
                                                                             \