diff --git a/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp b/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp
index 84ab5f048281ea3fa5bbdf342e1c40aee79d6d9a..da5ec21f21db9ef376c832bd6d01a63fb2d1c527 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp
@@ -4528,6 +4528,5 @@ JVM_ENTRY(void, JVM_GetVersionInfo(JNIEnv* env, jvm_version_info* info, size_t i
   // consider to expose this new capability in the sun.rt.jvmCapabilities jvmstat
   // counter defined in runtimeService.cpp.
   info->is_attachable = AttachListener::is_attach_supported();
-  info->is_kernel_jvm = 0; // false;
 }
 JVM_END
diff --git a/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.h b/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.h
index dea46d126eb58c5bada328e66b234e41b01b3ec3..52cef93077c2be6ea250a828b386c2315135760b 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.h
+++ b/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.h
@@ -1559,8 +1559,7 @@ typedef struct {
      * the new bit is also added in the main/baseline.
      */
     unsigned int is_attachable : 1;
-    unsigned int is_kernel_jvm : 1;
-    unsigned int : 30;
+    unsigned int : 31;
     unsigned int : 32;
     unsigned int : 32;
 } jvm_version_info;