diff --git a/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.hpp b/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.hpp
index 93b00b62328ec448bcf8ea00cffc7c8b23b836c2..999f48dbd9b4cd0d831bf878724be3988f02393f 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.hpp
@@ -204,15 +204,6 @@ class ClassLoaderData : public CHeapObj<mtClass> {
 
   void classes_do(KlassClosure* klass_closure);
 
-  bool has_defined(Klass* klass) {
-    for (Klass* k = _klasses; k != NULL; k = k->next_link()) {
-      if (klass == k) {
-        return true;
-      }
-    }
-    return false;
-  }
-
   JNIMethodBlock* jmethod_ids() const              { return _jmethod_ids; }
   void set_jmethod_ids(JNIMethodBlock* new_block)  { _jmethod_ids = new_block; }
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psParallelCompact.cpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psParallelCompact.cpp
index ec13f4b6104544c00c117d99cb67e8e70dd51e00..fe8ec1780b6ae38f0357a7327f533ae885b2fe84 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psParallelCompact.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psParallelCompact.cpp
@@ -2392,8 +2392,6 @@ void PSParallelCompact::marking_phase(ParCompactionManager* cm,
 
 void PSParallelCompact::follow_klass(ParCompactionManager* cm, Klass* klass) {
   ClassLoaderData* cld = klass->class_loader_data();
-  assert(cld->has_defined(klass), "inconsistency!");
-
   // The actual processing of the klass is done when we
   // traverse the list of Klasses in the class loader data.
   PSParallelCompact::follow_class_loader(cm, cld);
@@ -2401,8 +2399,6 @@ void PSParallelCompact::follow_klass(ParCompactionManager* cm, Klass* klass) {
 
 void PSParallelCompact::adjust_klass(ParCompactionManager* cm, Klass* klass) {
   ClassLoaderData* cld = klass->class_loader_data();
-  assert(cld->has_defined(klass), "inconsistency!");
-
   // The actual processing of the klass is done when we
   // traverse the list of Klasses in the class loader data.
   PSParallelCompact::adjust_class_loader(cm, cld);
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/shared/markSweep.cpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/shared/markSweep.cpp
index 5b94a8f68d854a04f5ebe4c89d280c0a128c9c2a..9c4b22e785d8f05143ef721b57fabcf8b83ce32c 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/shared/markSweep.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/shared/markSweep.cpp
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ void MarkSweep::AdjustKlassClosure::do_klass(Klass* klass) {
 
 void MarkSweep::follow_klass(Klass* klass) {
   ClassLoaderData* cld = klass->class_loader_data();
-  assert(cld->has_defined(klass), "inconsistency!");
-
   // The actual processing of the klass is done when we
   // traverse the list of Klasses in the class loader data.
   MarkSweep::follow_class_loader(cld);
@@ -93,8 +91,6 @@ void MarkSweep::follow_klass(Klass* klass) {
 
 void MarkSweep::adjust_klass(Klass* klass) {
   ClassLoaderData* cld = klass->class_loader_data();
-  assert(cld->has_defined(klass), "inconsistency!");
-
   // The actual processing of the klass is done when we
   // traverse the list of Klasses in the class loader data.
   MarkSweep::adjust_class_loader(cld);