diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp
index 76bf194a9c70d08f2b8ac77e4b42508e00ea2040..50dd8109cf715a0eb4f5fb9652fd801be44963c8 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp
@@ -1337,12 +1337,7 @@ public:
   // storage in the heap comes from a young region or not.
   // See ReduceInitialCardMarks.
   virtual bool can_elide_tlab_store_barriers() const {
-    // 6920090: Temporarily disabled, because of lingering
-    // instabilities related to RICM with G1. In the
-    // interim, the option ReduceInitialCardMarksForG1
-    // below is left solely as a debugging device at least
-    // until 6920109 fixes the instabilities.
-    return ReduceInitialCardMarksForG1;
+    return true;
   }
 
   virtual bool card_mark_must_follow_store() const {
@@ -1366,8 +1361,6 @@ public:
   // update logging post-barrier, we don't maintain remembered set
   // information for young gen objects.
   virtual bool can_elide_initializing_store_barrier(oop new_obj) {
-    // Re 6920090, 6920109 above.
-    assert(ReduceInitialCardMarksForG1, "Else cannot be here");
     return is_in_young(new_obj);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1_globals.hpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1_globals.hpp
index 1e2ab28936323a300de78cffcab04b86794ecb8d..861c947015c45df8a5e4a6fcf61a1289d1b2ea8e 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1_globals.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1_globals.hpp
@@ -290,10 +290,6 @@
           "each evacuation pause in order to artificially fill up the "     \
           "heap and stress the marking implementation.")                    \
                                                                             \
-  develop(bool, ReduceInitialCardMarksForG1, false,                         \
-          "When ReduceInitialCardMarks is true, this flag setting "         \
-          " controls whether G1 allows the RICM optimization")              \
-                                                                            \
   develop(bool, G1ExitOnExpansionFailure, false,                            \
           "Raise a fatal VM exit out of memory failure in the event "       \
           " that heap expansion fails due to running out of swap.")         \