diff --git a/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIRAssembler.cpp b/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIRAssembler.cpp
index 7f1e07503957f4e6e596d265b3de004e304c0228..5a49c0d2da7d1c019aa53be95514997f508fb821 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIRAssembler.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIRAssembler.cpp
@@ -858,9 +858,7 @@ void LIR_Assembler::move_op(LIR_Opr src, LIR_Opr dest, BasicType type, LIR_Patch
 
 void LIR_Assembler::verify_oop_map(CodeEmitInfo* info) {
 #ifndef PRODUCT
-  if (VerifyOopMaps || VerifyOops) {
-    bool v = VerifyOops;
-    VerifyOops = true;
+  if (VerifyOops) {
     OopMapStream s(info->oop_map());
     while (!s.is_done()) {
       OopMapValue v = s.current();
@@ -883,7 +881,6 @@ void LIR_Assembler::verify_oop_map(CodeEmitInfo* info) {
 
       s.next();
     }
-    VerifyOops = v;
   }
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/src/share/vm/c1/c1_globals.hpp b/src/share/vm/c1/c1_globals.hpp
index a6b5fec14b9d70856d3e9a63197ad595391f8e10..66476716d1cf3f57a3dc5851a0159a5f857989bc 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/c1/c1_globals.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/c1/c1_globals.hpp
@@ -269,9 +269,6 @@
   develop(bool, PrintNotLoaded, false,                                      \
           "Prints where classes are not loaded during code generation")     \
                                                                             \
-  notproduct(bool, VerifyOopMaps, false,                                    \
-          "Adds oopmap verification code to the generated code")            \
-                                                                            \
   develop(bool, PrintLIR, false,                                            \
           "print low-level IR")                                             \
                                                                             \