--- a/src/share/vm/graal/graalVmIds.hpp	Mon Feb 18 19:08:52 2013 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/graal/graalVmIds.hpp	Mon Feb 18 19:12:32 2013 -0800
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@
   // Returns the stub address with the given vmId taken from a java.lang.Long
   static address getStub(oop id);
 
-  // Helper function to convert a java.lang.String object to a symbol (this will return NULL if the symbol doesn't exist in the system)
-  static Symbol* toSymbol(jstring string);
-
   // Helper function to get the contents of a java.lang.Long
   static jlong getBoxedLong(oop obj);
 };
@@ -50,10 +47,6 @@
   return (address)(getBoxedLong(obj));
 }
 
-inline Symbol* VmIds::toSymbol(jstring string) {
-  return java_lang_String::as_symbol(JNIHandles::resolve(string), Thread::current());
-}
-
 inline jlong VmIds::getBoxedLong(oop obj) {
   assert(obj->is_oop(true), "cannot unbox null or non-oop");
   return obj->long_field(java_lang_boxing_object::value_offset_in_bytes(T_LONG));