diff -r 631c3a4ea10c -r b6a8cc1e0d92 src/share/vm/utilities/globalDefinitions_xlc.hpp
--- a/src/share/vm/utilities/globalDefinitions_xlc.hpp	Thu May 22 11:36:23 2014 -0400
+++ b/src/share/vm/utilities/globalDefinitions_xlc.hpp	Tue Jul 29 13:54:16 2014 +0200
@@ -114,16 +114,6 @@
 typedef uint32_t juint;
 typedef uint64_t julong;
 
-//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Special (possibly not-portable) casts
-// Cast floats into same-size integers and vice-versa w/o changing bit-pattern
-// %%%%%% These seem like standard C++ to me--how about factoring them out? - Ungar
-
-inline jint    jint_cast   (jfloat  x)           { return *(jint*   )&x; }
-inline jlong   jlong_cast  (jdouble x)           { return *(jlong*  )&x; }
-
-inline jfloat  jfloat_cast (jint    x)           { return *(jfloat* )&x; }
-inline jdouble jdouble_cast(jlong   x)           { return *(jdouble*)&x; }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Constant for jlong (specifying an long long canstant is C++ compiler specific)