--- a/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotConstantPool.java	Tue Jun 07 17:22:34 2016 -0700
+++ b/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotConstantPool.java	Tue Jun 07 17:23:00 2016 -0700
@@ -196,9 +196,7 @@
      */
     @SuppressWarnings("unused")
     private static HotSpotConstantPool fromMetaspace(long metaspaceConstantPool) {
-        HotSpotConstantPool cp = new HotSpotConstantPool(metaspaceConstantPool);
-        runtime().metaAccessContext.add(cp);
-        return cp;
+        return new HotSpotConstantPool(metaspaceConstantPool);
     }
 
     private HotSpotConstantPool(long metaspaceConstantPool) {

--- a/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotJVMCIMetaAccessContext.java	Tue Jun 07 17:22:34 2016 -0700
+++ b/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotJVMCIMetaAccessContext.java	Tue Jun 07 17:23:00 2016 -0700
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@
              */
             metadataRoots = list.getHead();
         }
-        assert isRegistered(metaspaceObject);
     }
 
     protected ResolvedJavaType createClass(Class<?> javaClass) {
@@ -209,7 +208,7 @@
             ChunkIterator() {
                 currentChunk = head;
                 currentIndex = -1;
-                next = findNext();
+                findNext();
             }
 
             Object[] currentChunk;
@@ -246,13 +245,4 @@
         }
 
     }
-
-    synchronized boolean isRegistered(MetaspaceWrapperObject wrapper) {
-        for (WeakReference<MetaspaceWrapperObject> m : list) {
-            if (m != null && m.get() == wrapper) {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
 }

--- a/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotResolvedObjectTypeImpl.java	Tue Jun 07 17:22:34 2016 -0700
+++ b/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotResolvedObjectTypeImpl.java	Tue Jun 07 17:23:00 2016 -0700
@@ -132,20 +132,10 @@
         return UNSAFE.getInt(javaClass, (long) config().klassOffset) & 0xFFFFFFFFL;
     }
 
-    @Override
     public long getMetaspacePointer() {
         return getMetaspaceKlass();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * The Klass* for this object is kept alive by the direct reference to {@link #javaClass} so no
-     * extra work is required.
-     */
-    @Override
-    public boolean isRegistered() {
-        return true;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public int getModifiers() {
         if (isArray()) {

--- 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);
-    }
 }