--- a/src/share/vm/code/dependencies.cpp	Wed Feb 19 14:03:09 2014 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/code/dependencies.cpp	Wed Feb 26 11:29:47 2014 +0100
@@ -725,56 +725,19 @@
 }
 
 // ----------------- DependencySignature --------------------------------------
-bool DependencySignature::equals(const DependencySignature& sig) const {
-  if (type() != sig.type()) {
+bool DependencySignature::equals(DependencySignature* sig) const {
+  if ((type() != sig->type()) || (args_count() != sig->args_count())) {
     return false;
   }
 
-  if (args_count() != sig.args_count()) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  for (int i = 0; i < sig.args_count(); i++) {
-    if (arg(i) != sig.arg(i)) {
+  for (int i = 0; i < sig->args_count(); i++) {
+    if (arg(i) != sig->arg(i)) {
       return false;
     }
   }
   return true;
 }
 
-
-// ----------------- DependencySignatureBuffer --------------------------------------
-DependencySignatureBuffer::DependencySignatureBuffer() {
-  _signatures = NEW_RESOURCE_ARRAY(GrowableArray<DependencySignature*>*, Dependencies::TYPE_LIMIT);
-  memset(_signatures, 0, sizeof(DependencySignature*) * Dependencies::TYPE_LIMIT);
-}
-
-/* Check if arguments are identical. Two dependency signatures are considered
- * identical, if the type as well as all argument identifiers are identical.
- * If the dependency has not already been checked, the dependency signature is
- * added to the checked dependencies of the same type. The function returns
- * false, which causes the dependency to be checked in the caller.
- */
-bool DependencySignatureBuffer::add_if_missing(const DependencySignature& sig) {
-  const int index = sig.type();
-  GrowableArray<DependencySignature*>* buffer = _signatures[index];
-  if (buffer == NULL) {
-    buffer = new GrowableArray<DependencySignature*>();
-    _signatures[index] = buffer;
-  }
-
-  // Check if we have already checked the dependency
-  for (int i = 0; i < buffer->length(); i++) {
-    DependencySignature* checked_signature = buffer->at(i);
-    if (checked_signature->equals(sig)) {
-      return true;
-    }
-  }
-  buffer->append((DependencySignature*)&sig);
-  return false;
-}
-
-
 /// Checking dependencies:
 
 // This hierarchy walker inspects subtypes of a given type,