diff --git a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/defaultMethods.cpp b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/defaultMethods.cpp
index 2adc6268473..8498223d674 100644
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/defaultMethods.cpp
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/defaultMethods.cpp
@@ -1083,7 +1083,6 @@ static Method* new_method(
   m->set_max_locals(params);
   m->constMethod()->set_stackmap_data(NULL);
   m->set_code(code_start);
-  m->set_force_inline(true);
 
   return m;
 }