diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/StringConcatFactory.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/StringConcatFactory.java
index 4fbbec1769364..97848e1fcb3e5 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/StringConcatFactory.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/StringConcatFactory.java
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ public void accept(CodeBuilder cb) {
                      * length = length(this.length, arg0, arg1, ..., argN);
                      */
                     if (staticConcat) {
-                        cb.ldc(length);
+                        cb.loadConstant(length);
                     } else {
                         cb.aload(thisSlot)
                           .getfield(concatClass, "length", CD_int);
@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@ public void accept(CodeBuilder cb) {
                      * length -= suffix.length();
                      */
                     if (staticConcat) {
-                        cb.ldc(constants[paramCount].length())
+                        cb.loadConstant(constants[paramCount].length())
                           .isub()
                           .istore(lengthSlot);
                     } else {
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ public void accept(CodeBuilder cb) {
                           .getfield(concatClass, "constants", CD_Array_String)
                           .dup()
                           .astore(constantsSlot)
-                          .ldc(paramCount)
+                          .loadConstant(paramCount)
                           .aaload()
                           .dup()
                           .astore(suffixSlot)
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ public void accept(CodeBuilder cb) {
                      *  buf = newArrayWithSuffix(suffix, length, coder)
                      */
                     if (staticConcat) {
-                        cb.ldc(constants[paramCount]);
+                        cb.loadConstant(constants[paramCount]);
                     } else {
                         cb.aload(suffixSlot);
                     }
@@ -1759,10 +1759,10 @@ public void accept(CodeBuilder cb) {
                           .loadLocal(kind, cb.parameterSlot(i));
 
                         if (staticConcat) {
-                            cb.ldc(constants[i - 3]);
+                            cb.loadConstant(constants[i - 3]);
                         } else {
                             cb.aload(constantsSlot)
-                              .ldc(i - 4)
+                              .loadConstant(i - 4)
                               .aaload();
                         }
 
diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/runtime/SwitchBootstraps.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/runtime/SwitchBootstraps.java
index bfdb76e2ef1b6..f380cf1070d1d 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/runtime/SwitchBootstraps.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/runtime/SwitchBootstraps.java
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ private static Consumer<CodeBuilder> generateTypeSwitchSkeleton(Class<?> selecto
                             MethodTypeDesc.of(ConstantDescs.CD_char));
                     cb.labelBinding(compare);
 
-                    cb.ldc(integerLabel);
+                    cb.loadConstant(integerLabel);
                     cb.if_icmpne(next);
                 } else if ((caseLabel instanceof Long ||
                         caseLabel instanceof Float ||
diff --git a/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/EventClassBuilder.java b/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/EventClassBuilder.java
index 523622084843c..1373c3ca4968f 100644
--- a/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/EventClassBuilder.java
+++ b/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/EventClassBuilder.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ private void buildSetMethod(ClassBuilder builder) {
             int index = 0;
             for (ValueDescriptor v : fields) {
                 codeBuilder.iload(1);
-                codeBuilder.ldc(index);
+                codeBuilder.loadConstant(index);
                 Label notEqual = codeBuilder.newLabel();
                 codeBuilder.if_icmpne(notEqual);
                 codeBuilder.aload(0); // this
diff --git a/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/EventInstrumentation.java b/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/EventInstrumentation.java
index 71dc97d114e2c..d962a535829ef 100644
--- a/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/EventInstrumentation.java
+++ b/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/EventInstrumentation.java
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ private void makeInstrumented() {
                 // if (!settingsMethod(eventConfiguration.settingX)) goto fail;
                 codeBuilder.aload(0);
                 getEventConfiguration(codeBuilder);
-                codeBuilder.ldc(index);
+                codeBuilder.loadConstant(index);
                 invokevirtual(codeBuilder, TYPE_EVENT_CONFIGURATION, METHOD_EVENT_CONFIGURATION_GET_SETTING);
                 MethodTypeDesc mdesc = MethodTypeDesc.ofDescriptor("(" + sd.paramType().descriptorString() + ")Z");
                 codeBuilder.checkcast(sd.paramType());