--- a/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotJVMCIRuntime.java	Wed May 11 16:41:28 2016 +0200
+++ b/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotJVMCIRuntime.java	Thu May 12 14:24:15 2016 +0200
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@
      */
     public enum Option {
         Compiler(String.class, null, "Selects the system compiler."),
-        ImplicitStableValues(boolean.class, true, "Mark well-known stable fields as such."),
         // Note: The following one is not used (see InitTimer.ENABLED).
         InitTimer(boolean.class, false, "Specifies if initialization timing is enabled."),
         PrintConfig(boolean.class, false, "Prints all HotSpotVMConfig fields."),

--- a/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotResolvedJavaField.java	Wed May 11 16:41:28 2016 +0200
+++ b/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotResolvedJavaField.java	Thu May 12 14:24:15 2016 +0200
@@ -43,11 +43,4 @@
      * Determines if this field should be treated as a constant.
      */
     boolean isStable();
-
-    /**
-     * Determines if this field should be considered constant if it has the default value for its
-     * type (e.g, 0, null, etc.). This result of this method is undefined if this field is not
-     * {@linkplain #isStable() stable}.
-     */
-    boolean isDefaultStable();
 }

--- a/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotResolvedJavaFieldImpl.java	Wed May 11 16:41:28 2016 +0200
+++ b/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotResolvedJavaFieldImpl.java	Thu May 12 14:24:15 2016 +0200
@@ -22,17 +22,13 @@
  */
 package jdk.vm.ci.hotspot;
 
-import static jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.HotSpotJVMCIRuntime.runtime;
 import static jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.HotSpotVMConfig.config;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 
-import jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.HotSpotJVMCIRuntime.Option;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaType;
-import jdk.vm.ci.meta.MetaAccessProvider;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ModifiersProvider;
-import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ResolvedJavaField;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ResolvedJavaType;
 
 /**
@@ -151,14 +147,7 @@
      * @return true if field has {@link Stable} annotation, false otherwise
      */
     public boolean isStable() {
-        if ((config().jvmAccFieldStable & modifiers) != 0) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        assert getAnnotation(Stable.class) == null;
-        if (Option.ImplicitStableValues.getBoolean() && isImplicitStableField()) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
+        return (config().jvmAccFieldStable & modifiers) != 0;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -204,65 +193,4 @@
             return null;
         }
     }
-
-    private boolean isArray() {
-        JavaType fieldType = getType();
-        return fieldType instanceof ResolvedJavaType && ((ResolvedJavaType) fieldType).isArray();
-    }
-
-    private boolean isImplicitStableField() {
-        if (isSyntheticEnumSwitchMap()) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        if (isWellKnownImplicitStableField()) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    public boolean isDefaultStable() {
-        assert this.isStable();
-        if (isSyntheticEnumSwitchMap()) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    private boolean isSyntheticEnumSwitchMap() {
-        if (isSynthetic() && isStatic() && isArray()) {
-            if (isFinal() && name.equals("$VALUES") || name.equals("ENUM$VALUES")) {
-                // generated int[] field for EnumClass::values()
-                return true;
-            } else if (name.startsWith("$SwitchMap$") || name.startsWith("$SWITCH_TABLE$")) {
-                // javac and ecj generate a static field in an inner class for a switch on an enum
-                // named $SwitchMap$p$k$g$EnumClass and $SWITCH_TABLE$p$k$g$EnumClass, respectively
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    private boolean isWellKnownImplicitStableField() {
-        return WellKnownImplicitStableField.test(this);
-    }
-
-    static class WellKnownImplicitStableField {
-        /**
-         * @return {@code true} if the field is a well-known stable field.
-         */
-        public static boolean test(HotSpotResolvedJavaField field) {
-            return field.equals(STRING_VALUE_FIELD);
-        }
-
-        private static final ResolvedJavaField STRING_VALUE_FIELD;
-
-        static {
-            try {
-                MetaAccessProvider metaAccess = runtime().getHostJVMCIBackend().getMetaAccess();
-                STRING_VALUE_FIELD = metaAccess.lookupJavaField(String.class.getDeclaredField("value"));
-            } catch (SecurityException | NoSuchFieldException e) {
-                throw new InternalError(e);
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }