diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1BlockOffsetTable.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1BlockOffsetTable.hpp
index 518c595b225..6a359a2cc9e 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1BlockOffsetTable.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1BlockOffsetTable.hpp
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
 #include "memory/virtualspace.hpp"
 #include "utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp"
 
-// Forward declarations
-class HeapRegion;
-
 // This implementation of "G1BlockOffsetTable" divides the covered region
 // into "N"-word subregions (where "N" = 2^"LogN".  An array with an entry
 // for each such subregion indicates how far back one must go to find the