diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/jar/Manifest.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/jar/Manifest.java
index b3b9baa38cc..c0e30707a35 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/jar/Manifest.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/jar/Manifest.java
@@ -219,22 +219,6 @@ public class Manifest implements Cloneable {
         dos.flush();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Adds line breaks to enforce a maximum of 72 bytes per line.
-     *
-     * @deprecation Replaced with {@link #println72}.
-     */
-    @Deprecated(since = "13")
-    static void make72Safe(StringBuffer line) {
-        int length = line.length();
-        int index = 72;
-        while (index < length) {
-            line.insert(index, "\r\n ");
-            index += 74; // + line width + line break ("\r\n")
-            length += 3; // + line break ("\r\n") and space
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Writes {@code line} to {@code out} with line breaks and continuation
      * spaces within the limits of 72 bytes of contents per line followed
diff --git a/test/jdk/java/util/jar/Manifest/LineBreakLineWidth.java b/test/jdk/java/util/jar/Manifest/LineBreakLineWidth.java
index bb5cee5b47d..8009db75601 100644
--- a/test/jdk/java/util/jar/Manifest/LineBreakLineWidth.java
+++ b/test/jdk/java/util/jar/Manifest/LineBreakLineWidth.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 2024, 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
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.jar.Manifest;
 import java.util.jar.Attributes;
 import java.util.jar.Attributes.Name;
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ public class LineBreakLineWidth {
          * if the header name is 69 or 70 bytes and in that case the name/value
          * delimiter ": " was broken on a new line.
          *
-         * changing the line width in Manifest#make72Safe(StringBuffer),
+         * changing the line width in {@link Manifest#println72(OutputStream, String)},
          * however, also affects at which positions values are broken across
          * lines (should always have affected values only and never header
          * names or the delimiter) which is tested here.
diff --git a/test/jdk/sun/security/tools/jarsigner/PreserveRawManifestEntryAndDigest.java b/test/jdk/sun/security/tools/jarsigner/PreserveRawManifestEntryAndDigest.java
index ed47231e004..1217788eef0 100644
--- a/test/jdk/sun/security/tools/jarsigner/PreserveRawManifestEntryAndDigest.java
+++ b/test/jdk/sun/security/tools/jarsigner/PreserveRawManifestEntryAndDigest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2019, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, 2024, 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
@@ -22,12 +22,9 @@
  */
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FilterOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -46,7 +43,6 @@ import java.util.zip.ZipFile;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import jdk.security.jarsigner.JarSigner;
 import jdk.test.lib.process.OutputAnalyzer;
-import jdk.test.lib.Platform;
 import jdk.test.lib.SecurityTools;
 import jdk.test.lib.util.JarUtils;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest;
@@ -467,14 +463,14 @@ public class PreserveRawManifestEntryAndDigest {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Breaks {@code line} at 70 bytes even though the name says 72 but when
-     * also counting the line delimiter ("{@code \r\n}") the line totals to 72
-     * bytes.
-     * Borrowed from {@link Manifest#make72Safe} before JDK 11
+     * Pre JDK 11, {@link Manifest#write(OutputStream)} would inject
+     * line breaks after 70 bytes instead of 72 bytes as mandated by
+     * the JAR File Specification.
      *
-     * @see Manifest#make72Safe
+     * This method injects line breaks after 70 bytes to simulate pre
+     * JDK 11 manifests.
      */
-    static void make72Safe(StringBuffer line) {
+    static void injectLineBreaksAt70Bytes(StringBuffer line) {
         int length = line.length();
         if (length > 72) {
             int index = 70;
@@ -516,7 +512,7 @@ public class PreserveRawManifestEntryAndDigest {
                     buf[0].append(line.substring(1));
                 } else {
                     if (buf[0] != null) {
-                        make72Safe(buf[0]);
+                        injectLineBreaksAt70Bytes(buf[0]);
                         sb.append(buf[0].toString());
                         sb.append("\r\n");
                     }
@@ -524,7 +520,7 @@ public class PreserveRawManifestEntryAndDigest {
                     buf[0].append(line);
                 }
             });
-            make72Safe(buf[0]);
+            injectLineBreaksAt70Bytes(buf[0]);
             sb.append(buf[0].toString());
             sb.append("\r\n");
             return sb.toString().getBytes(UTF_8);