diff --git a/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp b/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
index 9f2a9f419a44abf3d8616895ef81969453d4cdef..47692ac6342ed2441ebceda8bbf9ad480be065fe 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
@@ -2196,8 +2196,7 @@ methodHandle ClassFileParser::parse_method(bool is_interface,
                                       true,     // is LVTT
                                       CHECK_(nullHandle));
           lvtt_cnt++;
-        } else if (UseSplitVerifier &&
-                   _major_version >= Verifier::STACKMAP_ATTRIBUTE_MAJOR_VERSION &&
+        } else if (_major_version >= Verifier::STACKMAP_ATTRIBUTE_MAJOR_VERSION &&
                    _cp->symbol_at(code_attribute_name_index) == vmSymbols::tag_stack_map_table()) {
           // Stack map is only needed by the new verifier in JDK1.5.
           if (parsed_stackmap_attribute) {
diff --git a/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp b/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp
index 96912df1971076f5fa8e84741d3f0f9677122d91..f5261c5a67c6829acb49fb5a174af82d1d3c39ad 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp
@@ -127,8 +127,7 @@ bool Verifier::verify(instanceKlassHandle klass, Verifier::Mode mode, bool shoul
     if (TraceClassInitialization) {
       tty->print_cr("Start class verification for: %s", klassName);
     }
-    if (UseSplitVerifier &&
-        klass->major_version() >= STACKMAP_ATTRIBUTE_MAJOR_VERSION) {
+    if (klass->major_version() >= STACKMAP_ATTRIBUTE_MAJOR_VERSION) {
       ClassVerifier split_verifier(klass, THREAD);
       split_verifier.verify_class(THREAD);
       exception_name = split_verifier.result();
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
index a2bcb95624948e42fe13bb299f5c731af98f047b..915610051748794f356ecb4ecb9871d46df8ad32 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ static ObsoleteFlag obsolete_jvm_flags[] = {
   { "CMSRevisitStackSize",           JDK_Version::jdk(8), JDK_Version::jdk(9) },
   { "PrintRevisitStats",             JDK_Version::jdk(8), JDK_Version::jdk(9) },
   { "UseVectoredExceptions",         JDK_Version::jdk(8), JDK_Version::jdk(9) },
+  { "UseSplitVerifier",              JDK_Version::jdk(8), JDK_Version::jdk(9) },
 #ifdef PRODUCT
   { "DesiredMethodLimit",
                            JDK_Version::jdk_update(7, 2), JDK_Version::jdk(8) },
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
index 681a0f72d93755e5c7dfc7fc5eeb246189213abd..e73e5089babee13cf54e97ca18ade34f439aaec6 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
@@ -679,9 +679,6 @@ class CommandLineFlags {
   product(bool, UseCompilerSafepoints, true,                                \
           "Stop at safepoints in compiled code")                            \
                                                                             \
-  product(bool, UseSplitVerifier, true,                                     \
-          "use split verifier with StackMapTable attributes")               \
-                                                                            \
   product(bool, FailOverToOldVerifier, true,                                \
           "fail over to old verifier when split verifier fails")            \
                                                                             \