diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/DirectMethodHandle.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/DirectMethodHandle.java
index cd45e6e23ff..0052831be36 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/DirectMethodHandle.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/DirectMethodHandle.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import jdk.internal.vm.annotation.ForceInline;
 import jdk.internal.vm.annotation.Stable;
 import sun.invoke.util.ValueConversions;
 import sun.invoke.util.VerifyAccess;
-import sun.invoke.util.VerifyType;
 import sun.invoke.util.Wrapper;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -629,12 +628,14 @@ sealed class DirectMethodHandle extends MethodHandle {
     private static final LambdaForm[] ACCESSOR_FORMS
             = new LambdaForm[afIndex(AF_LIMIT, false, 0)];
     static int ftypeKind(Class<?> ftype) {
-        if (ftype.isPrimitive())
+        if (ftype.isPrimitive()) {
             return Wrapper.forPrimitiveType(ftype).ordinal();
-        else if (VerifyType.isNullReferenceConversion(Object.class, ftype))
+        } else if (ftype.isInterface() || ftype.isAssignableFrom(Object.class)) {
+            // retyping can be done without a cast
             return FT_UNCHECKED_REF;
-        else
+        } else {
             return FT_CHECKED_REF;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/invoke/util/VerifyType.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/invoke/util/VerifyType.java
index ce37b88c76d..7ede11b150e 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/invoke/util/VerifyType.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/invoke/util/VerifyType.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2008, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2008, 2022, 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
@@ -85,19 +85,6 @@ public class VerifyType {
         return dw.bitWidth() > sw.bitWidth();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Specialization of isNullConversion to reference types.
-     * @param src the type of a stacked value
-     * @param dst the reference type by which we'd like to treat it
-     * @return whether the retyping can be done without a cast
-     */
-    public static boolean isNullReferenceConversion(Class<?> src, Class<?> dst) {
-        assert(!dst.isPrimitive());
-        if (dst.isInterface())  return true;   // verifier allows this
-        if (isNullType(src))    return true;
-        return dst.isAssignableFrom(src);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Is the given type java.lang.Null or an equivalent null-only type?
      */
@@ -128,75 +115,4 @@ public class VerifyType {
                 return false;
         return isNullConversion(recv.returnType(), call.returnType(), keepInterfaces);
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Determine if the JVM verifier allows a value of type call to be
-     * passed to a formal parameter (or return variable) of type recv.
-     * Returns 1 if the verifier allows the types to match without conversion.
-     * Returns -1 if the types can be made to match by a JVM-supported adapter.
-     * Cases supported are:
-     * <ul><li>checkcast
-     * </li><li>conversion between any two integral types (but not floats)
-     * </li><li>unboxing from a wrapper to its corresponding primitive type
-     * </li><li>conversion in either direction between float and double
-     * </li></ul>
-     * (Autoboxing is not supported here; it must be done via Java code.)
-     * Returns 0 otherwise.
-     */
-    public static int canPassUnchecked(Class<?> src, Class<?> dst) {
-        if (src == dst)
-            return 1;
-
-        if (dst.isPrimitive()) {
-            if (dst == void.class)
-                // Return anything to a caller expecting void.
-                // This is a property of the implementation, which links
-                // return values via a register rather than via a stack push.
-                // This makes it possible to ignore cleanly.
-                return 1;
-            if (src == void.class)
-                return 0;  // void-to-something?
-            if (!src.isPrimitive())
-                // Cannot pass a reference to any primitive type (exc. void).
-                return 0;
-            Wrapper sw = Wrapper.forPrimitiveType(src);
-            Wrapper dw = Wrapper.forPrimitiveType(dst);
-            if (sw.isSubwordOrInt() && dw.isSubwordOrInt()) {
-                if (sw.bitWidth() >= dw.bitWidth())
-                    return -1;   // truncation may be required
-                if (!dw.isSigned() && sw.isSigned())
-                    return -1;   // sign elimination may be required
-                return 1;
-            }
-            if (src == float.class || dst == float.class) {
-                if (src == double.class || dst == double.class)
-                    return -1;   // floating conversion may be required
-                else
-                    return 0;    // other primitive conversions NYI
-            } else {
-                // all fixed-point conversions are supported
-                return 0;
-            }
-        } else if (src.isPrimitive()) {
-            // Cannot pass a primitive to any reference type.
-            // (Maybe allow null.class?)
-            return 0;
-        }
-
-        // Handle reference types in the rest of the block:
-
-        // The verifier treats interfaces exactly like Object.
-        if (isNullReferenceConversion(src, dst))
-            // pass any reference to object or an arb. interface
-            return 1;
-        // else it's a definite "maybe" (cast is required)
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    public static boolean isSpreadArgType(Class<?> spreadArg) {
-        return spreadArg.isArray();
-    }
-    public static Class<?> spreadArgElementType(Class<?> spreadArg, int i) {
-        return spreadArg.getComponentType();
-    }
 }