diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java
index c131a9c30711d7a0fd6dec6e7ccf13f47769da57..55d420345443dedc4079afd15d1a9de04c5c6dca 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java
@@ -2212,14 +2212,6 @@ public final class Class<T> implements java.io.Serializable,
      */
     private native java.security.ProtectionDomain getProtectionDomain0();
 
-
-    /**
-     * Set the ProtectionDomain for this class. Called by
-     * ClassLoader.defineClass.
-     */
-    native void setProtectionDomain0(java.security.ProtectionDomain pd);
-
-
     /*
      * Return the Virtual Machine's Class object for the named
      * primitive type.
diff --git a/src/share/javavm/export/jvm.h b/src/share/javavm/export/jvm.h
index f10019a92ecb0410c2611ca9c75088dbf1784742..48181c06bce13cb4626d5304dd9d17024ad52728 100644
--- a/src/share/javavm/export/jvm.h
+++ b/src/share/javavm/export/jvm.h
@@ -441,9 +441,6 @@ JVM_SetClassSigners(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls, jobjectArray signers);
 JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL
 JVM_GetProtectionDomain(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls);
 
-JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
-JVM_SetProtectionDomain(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls, jobject protection_domain);
-
 JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
 JVM_IsArrayClass(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls);
 
diff --git a/src/share/native/java/lang/Class.c b/src/share/native/java/lang/Class.c
index 20d030601011eeff3f85b4fc00f25f8c0e74bf45..5e77782cdaa4811af0704f527069c42c5d629c76 100644
--- a/src/share/native/java/lang/Class.c
+++ b/src/share/native/java/lang/Class.c
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ static JNINativeMethod methods[] = {
     {"getDeclaredMethods0","(Z)[" MHD,      (void *)&JVM_GetClassDeclaredMethods},
     {"getDeclaredConstructors0","(Z)[" CTR, (void *)&JVM_GetClassDeclaredConstructors},
     {"getProtectionDomain0", "()" PD,       (void *)&JVM_GetProtectionDomain},
-    {"setProtectionDomain0", "(" PD ")V",   (void *)&JVM_SetProtectionDomain},
     {"getDeclaredClasses0",  "()[" CLS,      (void *)&JVM_GetDeclaredClasses},
     {"getDeclaringClass",   "()" CLS,      (void *)&JVM_GetDeclaringClass},
     {"getGenericSignature", "()" STR,       (void *)&JVM_GetClassSignature},