--- a/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/MetaspaceWrapperObject.java	Tue Jun 07 17:22:34 2016 -0700
+++ b/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/MetaspaceWrapperObject.java	Tue Jun 07 17:23:00 2016 -0700
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@
 package jdk.vm.ci.hotspot;
 
 /**
- * A tag interface indicating that this type is a wrapper around a HotSpot metaspace object that
- * requires GC interaction to keep alive.
+ * A tag interface indicating that this type is a wrapper around a HotSpot metaspace object.
  *
  * It would preferable if this were the base class containing the pointer but that would require
  * mixins since most of the wrapper types have complex supertype hierarchies.
@@ -32,18 +31,4 @@
 interface MetaspaceWrapperObject {
 
     long getMetaspacePointer();
-
-    /**
-     * Check if this object is properly registered for metadata tracking. All classes which
-     * implement this interface must be registered with the
-     * {@link HotSpotJVMCIMetaAccessContext#add} unless they are kept alive through other means.
-     * Currently the only type which doesn't require explicit registration is
-     * {@link HotSpotResolvedObjectTypeImpl} since it's kept alive by references to the
-     * {@link Class}.
-     *
-     * @return true if this object is properly registered for meta data tracking.
-     */
-    default boolean isRegistered() {
-        return HotSpotJVMCIRuntime.runtime().metaAccessContext.isRegistered(this);
-    }
 }