diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/flags/jvmFlagConstraintsRuntime.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/flags/jvmFlagConstraintsRuntime.cpp
index efffa8ac753..f49b7f66690 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/flags/jvmFlagConstraintsRuntime.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/flags/jvmFlagConstraintsRuntime.cpp
@@ -99,18 +99,6 @@ JVMFlag::Error ContendedPaddingWidthConstraintFunc(int value, bool verbose) {
   }
 }
 
-JVMFlag::Error PerfDataSamplingIntervalFunc(int value, bool verbose) {
-  if ((value % PeriodicTask::interval_gran != 0)) {
-    JVMFlag::printError(verbose,
-                        "PerfDataSamplingInterval (%d) must be "
-                        "evenly divisible by PeriodicTask::interval_gran (%d)\n",
-                        value, PeriodicTask::interval_gran);
-    return JVMFlag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-  } else {
-    return JVMFlag::SUCCESS;
-  }
-}
-
 JVMFlag::Error VMPageSizeConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose) {
   uintx min = (uintx)os::vm_page_size();
   if (value < min) {
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/flags/jvmFlagConstraintsRuntime.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/flags/jvmFlagConstraintsRuntime.hpp
index 3040dafabc5..ddd2bae1914 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/flags/jvmFlagConstraintsRuntime.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/flags/jvmFlagConstraintsRuntime.hpp
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
   f(ccstr,  AOTModeConstraintFunc)                    \
   f(int,    ObjectAlignmentInBytesConstraintFunc)     \
   f(int,    ContendedPaddingWidthConstraintFunc)      \
-  f(int,    PerfDataSamplingIntervalFunc)             \
   f(uintx,  VMPageSizeConstraintFunc)                 \
   f(size_t, NUMAInterleaveGranularityConstraintFunc)