diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/vm/assembler_x86.cpp b/src/cpu/x86/vm/assembler_x86.cpp
index 0a51534ed2425bdc7dec0a922ab695a8d427df76..092fdf71d3fb416ee157e1ba8e7df163a295ad95 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/vm/assembler_x86.cpp
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/vm/assembler_x86.cpp
@@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ void Assembler::cmpw(Address dst, int imm16) {
   emit_byte(0x66);
   emit_byte(0x81);
   emit_operand(rdi, dst, 2);
-  emit_word(imm16);
+  emit_int16(imm16);
 }
 
 // The 32-bit cmpxchg compares the value at adr with the contents of rax,
@@ -1879,7 +1879,7 @@ void Assembler::movw(Address dst, int imm16) {
   prefix(dst);
   emit_byte(0xC7);
   emit_operand(rax, dst, 2);
-  emit_word(imm16);
+  emit_int16(imm16);
 }
 
 void Assembler::movw(Register dst, Address src) {
@@ -2571,7 +2571,7 @@ void Assembler::ret(int imm16) {
     emit_byte(0xC3);
   } else {
     emit_byte(0xC2);
-    emit_word(imm16);
+    emit_int16(imm16);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/asm/assembler.hpp b/src/share/vm/asm/assembler.hpp
index 893ed13e9d586e1b93b1602520f30fae2a4b9ad6..2ff8e57d5966183d8b9b53fb98095bb2050aae5c 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/asm/assembler.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/asm/assembler.hpp
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ class AbstractAssembler : public ResourceObj  {
   void emit_address(address x) { code_section()->emit_address(x); }
 
   void emit_byte(int x)  { emit_int8 (x); }  // deprecated
-  void emit_word(int x)  { emit_int16(x); }  // deprecated
   void emit_long(jint x) { emit_int32(x); }  // deprecated
 
   // Instruction boundaries (required when emitting relocatable values).