diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/oops/cpCache.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/oops/cpCache.hpp
index 2f81f4be135..b4daaf1ee5b 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/cpCache.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/cpCache.hpp
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ class CallInfo;
 
 class ConstantPoolCacheEntry {
   friend class VMStructs;
-  friend class constantPoolCacheKlass;
   friend class ConstantPool;
   friend class InterpreterRuntime;
 
@@ -474,7 +473,6 @@ class ConstantPoolCache: public MetaspaceObj {
   ConstantPool**        constant_pool_addr()     { return &_constant_pool; }
   ConstantPoolCacheEntry* base() const           { return (ConstantPoolCacheEntry*)((address)this + in_bytes(base_offset())); }
 
-  friend class constantPoolCacheKlass;
   friend class ConstantPoolCacheEntry;
 
  public: