--- a/src/share/vm/jvmci/jvmciCodeInstaller.cpp	Wed May 11 21:20:50 2016 +0200
+++ b/src/share/vm/jvmci/jvmciCodeInstaller.cpp	Wed May 11 16:41:28 2016 +0200
@@ -179,11 +179,6 @@
     int index = _oop_recorder->find_index(method);
     TRACE_jvmci_3("metadata[%d of %d] = %s", index, _oop_recorder->metadata_count(), method->name()->as_C_string());
     return method;
-  } else if (obj->is_a(HotSpotSymbol::klass())) {
-    Symbol* symbol = (Symbol*) (address) HotSpotSymbol::pointer(obj);
-    assert(!HotSpotMetaspaceConstantImpl::compressed(constant), err_msg("unexpected compressed symbol pointer %s @ " INTPTR_FORMAT, symbol->as_C_string(), p2i(symbol)));
-    TRACE_jvmci_3("symbol = %s", symbol->as_C_string());
-    return symbol;
   } else {
     JVMCI_ERROR_NULL("unexpected metadata reference for constant of type %s", obj->klass()->signature_name());
   }