diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/ClassLoader.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/ClassLoader.java
index 875f5ec8e97..bb4c79abd25 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/ClassLoader.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/ClassLoader.java
@@ -851,9 +851,6 @@ public abstract class ClassLoader {
         return c;
     }
 
-    private native Class<?> defineClass0(String name, byte[] b, int off, int len,
-                                         ProtectionDomain pd);
-
     private native Class<?> defineClass1(String name, byte[] b, int off, int len,
                                          ProtectionDomain pd, String source);