diff --git a/hotspot/make/solaris/makefiles/fastdebug.make b/hotspot/make/solaris/makefiles/fastdebug.make
index 04ab049c7b6..856b0eddded 100644
--- a/hotspot/make/solaris/makefiles/fastdebug.make
+++ b/hotspot/make/solaris/makefiles/fastdebug.make
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ ifeq ($(COMPILER_REV_NUMERIC), 510)
 OPT_CFLAGS/simpleThresholdPolicy.o = $(OPT_CFLAGS/DEFAULT) $(OPT_CCFLAGS/NO_TAIL_CALL_OPT)
 # CC 5.10 has bug XXXXX with -xO4
 OPT_CFLAGS/jvmtiClassFileReconstituter.o = $(OPT_CFLAGS/SLOWER)
-# jvm98 crashes on solaris-i586-fastdebug and solaris-sparc-fastdebug with stack overflow
-OPT_CFLAGS/escape.o = $(OPT_CFLAGS) -xspace
-OPT_CFLAGS/matcher.o = $(OPT_CFLAGS) -xspace
 endif # COMPILER_REV_NUMERIC == 510
 
 ifeq ($(COMPILER_REV_NUMERIC), 509)