diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psParallelCompact.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psParallelCompact.cpp
index b549c61e1c0..5a0dbe3d4e6 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psParallelCompact.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psParallelCompact.cpp
@@ -969,19 +969,11 @@ bool PSParallelCompact::invoke(bool clear_all_soft_refs) {
   assert(SafepointSynchronize::is_at_safepoint(), "should be at safepoint");
   assert(Thread::current() == (Thread*)VMThread::vm_thread(),
          "should be in vm thread");
+  assert(ref_processor() != nullptr, "Sanity");
 
   SvcGCMarker sgcm(SvcGCMarker::FULL);
   IsSTWGCActiveMark mark;
 
-  return PSParallelCompact::invoke_no_policy(clear_all_soft_refs);
-}
-
-// This method contains no policy. You should probably
-// be calling invoke() instead.
-bool PSParallelCompact::invoke_no_policy(bool clear_all_soft_refs) {
-  assert(SafepointSynchronize::is_at_safepoint(), "must be at a safepoint");
-  assert(ref_processor() != nullptr, "Sanity");
-
   ParallelScavengeHeap* heap = ParallelScavengeHeap::heap();
 
   GCIdMark gc_id_mark;
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psParallelCompact.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psParallelCompact.hpp
index a0118717f9d..874c72d5671 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psParallelCompact.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psParallelCompact.hpp
@@ -762,7 +762,6 @@ public:
   static void fill_dead_objs_in_dense_prefix(uint worker_id, uint num_workers);
 
   static bool invoke(bool clear_all_soft_refs);
-  static bool invoke_no_policy(bool clear_all_soft_refs);
 
   template<typename Func>
   static void adjust_in_space_helper(SpaceId id, volatile uint* claim_counter, Func&& on_stripe);