diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp
index 9087cb9b4a3..59eb306739a 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp
@@ -867,9 +867,6 @@ const int ObjectAlignmentInBytes = 8;
   develop(bool, TraceBytecodes, false,                                      \
           "Trace bytecode execution")                                       \
                                                                             \
-  develop(bool, TraceInvocationCounterOverflow, false,                      \
-          "Trace method invocation counter overflow")                       \
-                                                                            \
   develop(bool, VerifyDependencies, trueInDebug,                            \
           "Exercise and verify the compilation dependency mechanism")       \
                                                                             \