diff --git a/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/WinNTFileSystem_md.c b/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/WinNTFileSystem_md.c
index ccf89eb71e003..974d5c11d7e2d 100644
--- a/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/WinNTFileSystem_md.c
+++ b/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/WinNTFileSystem_md.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ Java_java_io_WinNTFileSystem_initIDs(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls)
 /* -- Path operations -- */
 
 extern int wcanonicalize(const WCHAR *path, WCHAR *out, int len);
-extern int wcanonicalizeWithPrefix(const WCHAR *canonicalPrefix, const WCHAR *pathWithCanonicalPrefix, WCHAR *out, int len);
 
 /**
  * Retrieves the fully resolved (final) path for the given path or NULL
@@ -296,41 +295,6 @@ Java_java_io_WinNTFileSystem_canonicalize0(JNIEnv *env, jobject this,
 }
 
 
-JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL
-Java_java_io_WinNTFileSystem_canonicalizeWithPrefix0(JNIEnv *env, jobject this,
-                                                     jstring canonicalPrefixString,
-                                                     jstring pathWithCanonicalPrefixString)
-{
-    jstring rv = NULL;
-    WCHAR canonicalPath[MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
-    WITH_UNICODE_STRING(env, canonicalPrefixString, canonicalPrefix) {
-        WITH_UNICODE_STRING(env, pathWithCanonicalPrefixString, pathWithCanonicalPrefix) {
-            int len = (int)wcslen(canonicalPrefix) + MAX_PATH;
-            if (len > MAX_PATH_LENGTH) {
-                WCHAR *cp = (WCHAR*)malloc(len * sizeof(WCHAR));
-                if (cp != NULL) {
-                    if (wcanonicalizeWithPrefix(canonicalPrefix,
-                                                pathWithCanonicalPrefix,
-                                                cp, len) >= 0) {
-                      rv = (*env)->NewString(env, cp, (jsize)wcslen(cp));
-                    }
-                    free(cp);
-                } else {
-                    JNU_ThrowOutOfMemoryError(env, "native memory allocation failed");
-                }
-            } else if (wcanonicalizeWithPrefix(canonicalPrefix,
-                                               pathWithCanonicalPrefix,
-                                               canonicalPath, MAX_PATH_LENGTH) >= 0) {
-                rv = (*env)->NewString(env, canonicalPath, (jsize)wcslen(canonicalPath));
-            }
-        } END_UNICODE_STRING(env, pathWithCanonicalPrefix);
-    } END_UNICODE_STRING(env, canonicalPrefix);
-    if (rv == NULL && !(*env)->ExceptionCheck(env)) {
-        JNU_ThrowIOExceptionWithLastError(env, "Bad pathname");
-    }
-    return rv;
-}
-
 JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL
 Java_java_io_WinNTFileSystem_getFinalPath0(JNIEnv* env, jobject this, jstring pathname) {
     jstring rv = NULL;
diff --git a/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/canonicalize_md.c b/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/canonicalize_md.c
index 7e567c7fbb412..3719ec75d1191 100644
--- a/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/canonicalize_md.c
+++ b/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/canonicalize_md.c
@@ -268,64 +268,6 @@ wcanonicalize(WCHAR *orig_path, WCHAR *result, int size)
     return -1;
 }
 
-/* Convert a pathname to canonical form.  The input prefix is assumed
-   to be in canonical form already, and the trailing filename must not
-   contain any wildcard, dot/double dot, or other "tricky" characters
-   that are rejected by the canonicalize() routine above.  This
-   routine is present to allow the canonicalization prefix cache to be
-   used while still returning canonical names with the correct
-   capitalization. */
-int
-wcanonicalizeWithPrefix(WCHAR *canonicalPrefix, WCHAR *pathWithCanonicalPrefix, WCHAR *result, int size)
-{
-    WIN32_FIND_DATAW fd;
-    HANDLE h;
-    WCHAR *src, *dst, *dend;
-    WCHAR *pathbuf;
-    int pathlen;
-
-    src = pathWithCanonicalPrefix;
-    dst = result;        /* Place results here */
-    dend = dst + size;   /* Don't go to or past here */
-
-
-    if ((pathlen=(int)wcslen(pathWithCanonicalPrefix)) > MAX_PATH - 1) {
-        pathbuf = getPrefixed(pathWithCanonicalPrefix, pathlen);
-        h = FindFirstFileW(pathbuf, &fd);    /* Look up prefix */
-        free(pathbuf);
-    } else
-        h = FindFirstFileW(pathWithCanonicalPrefix, &fd);    /* Look up prefix */
-    if (h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-        /* Lookup succeeded; append true name to result and continue */
-        FindClose(h);
-        if (!(dst = wcp(dst, dend, L'\0',
-                        canonicalPrefix,
-                        canonicalPrefix + wcslen(canonicalPrefix)))) {
-            return -1;
-        }
-        if (!(dst = wcp(dst, dend, L'\\',
-                        fd.cFileName,
-                        fd.cFileName + wcslen(fd.cFileName)))) {
-            return -1;
-        }
-    } else {
-        if (!lastErrorReportable()) {
-            if (!(dst = wcp(dst, dend, L'\0', src, src + wcslen(src)))) {
-                return -1;
-            }
-        } else {
-            return -1;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (dst >= dend) {
-        errno = ENAMETOOLONG;
-        return -1;
-    }
-    *dst = L'\0';
-    return 0;
-}
-
 /* Non-Wide character version of canonicalize.
    Converts to wchar and delegates to wcanonicalize. */
 JNIEXPORT int