diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psAdaptiveSizePolicy.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psAdaptiveSizePolicy.cpp
index 41b6022565e..34d6621c820 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psAdaptiveSizePolicy.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psAdaptiveSizePolicy.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include "gc/parallel/psGCAdaptivePolicyCounters.hpp"
 #include "gc/parallel/psScavenge.hpp"
 #include "gc/shared/gcCause.hpp"
-#include "gc/shared/gcUtil.inline.hpp"
+#include "gc/shared/gcUtil.hpp"
 #include "gc/shared/gcPolicyCounters.hpp"
 #include "logging/log.hpp"
 #include "runtime/timer.hpp"
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/adaptiveSizePolicy.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/adaptiveSizePolicy.cpp
index ea94d13a1a5..3a0b3188a9a 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/adaptiveSizePolicy.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/adaptiveSizePolicy.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "precompiled.hpp"
 #include "gc/shared/adaptiveSizePolicy.hpp"
 #include "gc/shared/gcCause.hpp"
-#include "gc/shared/gcUtil.inline.hpp"
+#include "gc/shared/gcUtil.hpp"
 #include "logging/log.hpp"
 #include "runtime/timer.hpp"
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/gcStats.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/gcStats.cpp
index a90f0f01a5c..42307e974d2 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/gcStats.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/gcStats.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "precompiled.hpp"
 #include "gc/shared/gcStats.hpp"
-#include "gc/shared/gcUtil.inline.hpp"
+#include "gc/shared/gcUtil.hpp"
 #include "gc/shared/gc_globals.hpp"
 
 GCStats::GCStats() : _avg_promoted(new AdaptivePaddedNoZeroDevAverage(AdaptiveSizePolicyWeight, PromotedPadding)) {}
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/gcUtil.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/gcUtil.hpp
index 8da6b31af21..8b6ef8d5b0c 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/gcUtil.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/gcUtil.hpp
@@ -143,11 +143,6 @@ class AdaptivePaddedAverage : public AdaptiveWeightedAverage {
     AdaptiveWeightedAverage(weight),
     _padded_avg(0.0), _deviation(0.0), _padding(padding) {}
 
-  // Placement support
-  void* operator new(size_t ignored, void* p) throw() { return p; }
-  // Allocator
-  void* operator new(size_t size) throw();
-
   // Accessor
   float padded_average() const         { return _padded_avg; }
   float deviation()      const         { return _deviation;  }
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/gcUtil.inline.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/gcUtil.inline.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c0a8547e32..00000000000
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/gcUtil.inline.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2002, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
- *
- * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
- * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
- * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
- * accompanied this code).
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
- * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
- * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
- * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
- * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
- * questions.
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef SHARE_GC_SHARED_GCUTIL_INLINE_HPP
-#define SHARE_GC_SHARED_GCUTIL_INLINE_HPP
-
-#include "gc/shared/gcUtil.hpp"
-
-#include "memory/allocation.inline.hpp"
-
-inline void* AdaptivePaddedAverage::operator new(size_t size) throw() {
-  return CHeapObj<mtGC>::operator new(size);
-}
-
-#endif // SHARE_GC_SHARED_GCUTIL_INLINE_HPP