--- a/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotSymbol.java	Wed Mar 23 23:21:34 2016 -0700
+++ b/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotSymbol.java	Fri Mar 25 12:40:19 2016 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -22,11 +22,7 @@
  */
 package jdk.vm.ci.hotspot;
 
-import static jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.HotSpotJVMCIRuntime.runtime;
-import static jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.UnsafeAccess.UNSAFE;
-
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.Constant;
-import sun.misc.Unsafe;
 
 /**
  * Class to access the C++ {@code vmSymbols} table.
@@ -58,19 +54,4 @@
     public String toString() {
         return "Symbol<" + symbol + ">";
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the symbol in the {@code vmSymbols} table at position {@code index} as {@link String}
-     * .
-     *
-     * @param index position in the symbol table
-     * @return the symbol at position id
-     */
-    static String symbolAt(int index) {
-        HotSpotJVMCIRuntimeProvider runtime = runtime();
-        HotSpotVMConfig config = runtime.getConfig();
-        assert config.vmSymbolsFirstSID <= index && index < config.vmSymbolsSIDLimit : "index " + index + " is out of bounds";
-        assert config.symbolPointerSize == Unsafe.ADDRESS_SIZE : "the following address read is broken";
-        return runtime.getCompilerToVM().getSymbol(UNSAFE.getAddress(config.vmSymbolsSymbols + index * config.symbolPointerSize));
-    }
 }