diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/parallelArguments.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/parallelArguments.cpp
index 0ba81045347..313716752d5 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/parallelArguments.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/parallelArguments.cpp
@@ -133,10 +133,6 @@ size_t ParallelArguments::heap_reserved_size_bytes() {
   return MaxHeapSize;
 }
 
-size_t ParallelArguments::heap_max_size_bytes() {
-  return MaxHeapSize;
-}
-
 CollectedHeap* ParallelArguments::create_heap() {
   return new ParallelScavengeHeap();
 }
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/parallelArguments.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/parallelArguments.hpp
index d23c42b6586..159441be792 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/parallelArguments.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/parallelArguments.hpp
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ private:
 
 public:
   static size_t heap_reserved_size_bytes();
-  static size_t heap_max_size_bytes();
 };
 
 #endif // SHARE_GC_PARALLEL_PARALLELARGUMENTS_HPP