diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/cds/aotMappedHeapLoader.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/cds/aotMappedHeapLoader.cpp
index 84051cbd9e5..a8678ed757f 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/cds/aotMappedHeapLoader.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/cds/aotMappedHeapLoader.cpp
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ bool AOTMappedHeapLoader::map_heap_region_impl(FileMapInfo* info) {
   aot_log_info(aot)("Preferred address to map heap data (to avoid relocation) is " INTPTR_FORMAT, p2i(requested_start));
 
   // allocate from java heap
-  HeapWord* start = G1CollectedHeap::heap()->alloc_archive_region(word_size, (HeapWord*)requested_start);
+  HeapWord* start = G1CollectedHeap::heap()->alloc_archive_region(word_size);
   if (start == nullptr) {
     AOTMetaspace::report_loading_error("UseSharedSpaces: Unable to allocate java heap region for archive heap.");
     return false;
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
index b6c3c0b0907..8f83a653885 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ void G1CollectedHeap::iterate_regions_in_range(MemRegion range, const Func& func
   }
 }
 
-HeapWord* G1CollectedHeap::alloc_archive_region(size_t word_size, HeapWord* preferred_addr) {
+HeapWord* G1CollectedHeap::alloc_archive_region(size_t word_size) {
   assert(!is_init_completed(), "Expect to be called at JVM init time");
   MutexLocker x(Heap_lock);
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp
index aff7166d391..cc57b4763d0 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp
@@ -735,12 +735,10 @@ public:
   void iterate_regions_in_range(MemRegion range, const Func& func);
 
   // Commit the required number of G1 region(s) according to the size requested
-  // and mark them as 'old' region(s). Preferred address is treated as a hint for
-  // the location of the archive space in the heap. The returned address may or may
-  // not be same as the preferred address.
+  // and mark them as 'old' region(s).
   // This API is only used for allocating heap space for the archived heap objects
   // in the CDS archive.
-  HeapWord* alloc_archive_region(size_t word_size, HeapWord* preferred_addr);
+  HeapWord* alloc_archive_region(size_t word_size);
 
   // Populate the G1BlockOffsetTable for archived regions with the given
   // memory range.