diff --git a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassReader.java b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassReader.java
index ef0e1e262ee..506aa5b3f55 100644
--- a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassReader.java
+++ b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassReader.java
@@ -2465,14 +2465,14 @@ private <T extends Type> Type reannotate(T t, BiFunction<T, Void, Type> f) {
             // Runtime-visible and -invisible annotations are completed separately, so if the same
             // type has annotations from both it will get annotated twice.
             TypeMetadata metadata = mapped.getMetadata();
-            TypeMetadata.Annotations existing =
-                    (TypeMetadata.Annotations) metadata.get(TypeMetadata.Entry.Kind.ANNOTATIONS);
-            if (existing != null) {
-                TypeMetadata.Annotations combined = new TypeMetadata.Annotations(
-                        existing.getAnnotations().appendList(attributes));
-                return mapped.cloneWithMetadata(
-                        metadata.without(TypeMetadata.Entry.Kind.ANNOTATIONS).combine(combined));
-            }
+            // TypeMetadata.Annotations existing =
+            //         (TypeMetadata.Annotations) metadata.get(TypeMetadata.Entry.Kind.ANNOTATIONS);
+            // if (existing != null) {
+            //     TypeMetadata.Annotations combined = new TypeMetadata.Annotations(
+            //             existing.getAnnotations().appendList(attributes));
+            //     return mapped.cloneWithMetadata(
+            //             metadata.without(TypeMetadata.Entry.Kind.ANNOTATIONS).combine(combined));
+            // }
             return mapped.annotatedType(attributes);
         }