diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/opto/phaseX.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/opto/phaseX.cpp
index 9a9a731a022..0699255a59d 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/opto/phaseX.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/opto/phaseX.cpp
@@ -2007,27 +2007,6 @@ void PhaseIterGVN::verify_Identity_for(Node* n) {
     case Op_ConvI2L:
       return;
 
-    // MaxNode::find_identity_operation
-    //  Finds patterns like Max(A, Max(A, B)) -> Max(A, B)
-    //  This can be a 2-hop search, so maybe notification is not
-    //  good enough.
-    //
-    // Found with:
-    //   compiler/codegen/TestBooleanVect.java
-    //   -XX:VerifyIterativeGVN=1110
-    case Op_MaxL:
-    case Op_MinL:
-    case Op_MaxI:
-    case Op_MinI:
-    case Op_MaxF:
-    case Op_MinF:
-    case Op_MaxHF:
-    case Op_MinHF:
-    case Op_MaxD:
-    case Op_MinD:
-      return;
-
-
     // AddINode::Identity
     // Converts (x-y)+y to x
     // Could be issue with notification