diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/softRefPolicy.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/softRefPolicy.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index b3467b523b8..00000000000
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/softRefPolicy.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
- *
- * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
- * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
- * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
- * accompanied this code).
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
- * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
- * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
- * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
- * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
- * questions.
- *
- */
-
-#include "precompiled.hpp"
-#include "gc/shared/softRefPolicy.hpp"
-
-SoftRefPolicy::SoftRefPolicy() :
-    _should_clear_all_soft_refs(false),
-    _all_soft_refs_clear(false) {
-}
-
-void SoftRefPolicy::cleared_all_soft_refs() {
-  _all_soft_refs_clear = true;
-}
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/softRefPolicy.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/softRefPolicy.hpp
index 1b31262eca5..d3240d7079f 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/softRefPolicy.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/softRefPolicy.hpp
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ class SoftRefPolicy {
   bool _all_soft_refs_clear;
 
  public:
-  SoftRefPolicy();
+  SoftRefPolicy() :
+    _should_clear_all_soft_refs(false),
+    _all_soft_refs_clear(false) {}
 
   bool should_clear_all_soft_refs() { return _should_clear_all_soft_refs; }
   void set_should_clear_all_soft_refs(bool v) { _should_clear_all_soft_refs = v; }
@@ -51,7 +53,9 @@ class SoftRefPolicy {
 
   // Called by the GC after Soft Refs have been cleared to indicate
   // that the request in _should_clear_all_soft_refs has been fulfilled.
-  virtual void cleared_all_soft_refs();
+  void cleared_all_soft_refs() {
+    _all_soft_refs_clear = true;
+  }
 };
 
 class ClearedAllSoftRefs : public StackObj {