--- a/src/share/vm/utilities/debug.hpp	Mon Mar 04 16:46:37 2013 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/utilities/debug.hpp	Tue Mar 05 18:53:26 2013 +0100
@@ -160,15 +160,6 @@
 } while (0)
 #endif // #ifndef USE_REPEATED_ASSERTS
 
-#define assert1(p, msg)
-do {                                                                         \
-  for (int __i = 0; __i < AssertRepeat; __i++) {                             \
-    if (!(p)) {                                                              \
-      report_vm_error(__FILE__, __LINE__, "assert(" #p ") failed", msg);     \
-      BREAKPOINT;                                                            \
-    }                                                                        \
-  }                                                                          \
-} while (0)
 
 // This version of assert is for use with checking return status from
 // library calls that return actual error values eg. EINVAL,