src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Modifier.java

@@ -23,14 +23,11 @@
  * questions.
  */
 
 package java.lang.reflect;
 
-import java.security.AccessController;
 import java.util.StringJoiner;
-import jdk.internal.reflect.LangReflectAccess;
-import jdk.internal.reflect.ReflectionFactory;
 
 /**
  * The Modifier class provides {@code static} methods and
  * constants to decode class and member access modifiers.  The sets of
  * modifiers are represented as integers with distinct bit positions

@@ -45,20 +42,10 @@
  * @author Kenneth Russell
  * @since 1.1
  */
 public class Modifier {
 
-    /*
-     * Bootstrapping protocol between java.lang and java.lang.reflect
-     *  packages
-     */
-    static {
-        ReflectionFactory factory = AccessController.doPrivileged(
-                new ReflectionFactory.GetReflectionFactoryAction());
-        factory.setLangReflectAccess(new java.lang.reflect.ReflectAccess());
-    }
-
     /**
      * Return {@code true} if the integer argument includes the
      * {@code public} modifier, {@code false} otherwise.
      *
      * @param   mod a set of modifiers