diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/c1/c1_GraphBuilder.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/c1/c1_GraphBuilder.cpp
index 396c83c6ab976..a361f3da9c281 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/c1/c1_GraphBuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/c1/c1_GraphBuilder.cpp
@@ -1556,8 +1556,7 @@ void GraphBuilder::call_register_finalizer() {
 
 
 void GraphBuilder::method_return(Value x, bool ignore_return) {
-  if (RegisterFinalizersAtInit &&
-      method()->intrinsic_id() == vmIntrinsics::_Object_init) {
+  if (method()->intrinsic_id() == vmIntrinsics::_Object_init) {
     call_register_finalizer();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classFileParser.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
index fa7ca41e0c536..734b425cb4593 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
@@ -4188,8 +4188,7 @@ void ClassFileParser::set_precomputed_flags(InstanceKlass* ik) {
   // If it cannot be fast-path allocated, set a bit in the layout helper.
   // See documentation of InstanceKlass::can_be_fastpath_allocated().
   assert(ik->size_helper() > 0, "layout_helper is initialized");
-  if ((!RegisterFinalizersAtInit && ik->has_finalizer())
-      || ik->is_abstract() || ik->is_interface()
+  if (ik->is_abstract() || ik->is_interface()
       || (ik->name() == vmSymbols::java_lang_Class() && ik->class_loader() == nullptr)
       || ik->size_helper() >= FastAllocateSizeLimit) {
     // Forbid fast-path allocation.
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/interpreter/abstractInterpreter.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/interpreter/abstractInterpreter.cpp
index ff039a8945520..b880f86e51ef1 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/interpreter/abstractInterpreter.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/interpreter/abstractInterpreter.cpp
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ AbstractInterpreter::MethodKind AbstractInterpreter::method_kind(const methodHan
       case vmIntrinsics::_dsqrt_strict:      return java_lang_math_sqrt_strict;
       case vmIntrinsics::_Reference_get:     return java_lang_ref_reference_get;
       case vmIntrinsics::_Object_init:
-        if (RegisterFinalizersAtInit && m->code_size() == 1) {
+        if (m->code_size() == 1) {
           // We need to execute the special return bytecode to check for
           // finalizer registration so create a normal frame.
           return zerolocals;
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/interpreter/rewriter.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/interpreter/rewriter.cpp
index ea9b9cff95237..07ea1e2e2044b 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/interpreter/rewriter.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/interpreter/rewriter.cpp
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ void Rewriter::rewrite_bytecodes(TRAPS) {
   // determine index maps for Method* rewriting
   compute_index_maps();
 
-  if (RegisterFinalizersAtInit && _klass->name() == vmSymbols::java_lang_Object()) {
+  if (_klass->name() == vmSymbols::java_lang_Object()) {
     bool did_rewrite = false;
     int i = _methods->length();
     while (i-- > 0) {
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/oops/instanceKlass.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
index 43bec86d8e5f1..9ca3c0264a058 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
@@ -1515,9 +1515,6 @@ instanceOop InstanceKlass::allocate_instance(TRAPS) {
   instanceOop i;
 
   i = (instanceOop)Universe::heap()->obj_allocate(this, size, CHECK_NULL);
-  if (has_finalizer_flag && !RegisterFinalizersAtInit) {
-    i = register_finalizer(i, CHECK_NULL);
-  }
   return i;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/oops/instanceKlass.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/oops/instanceKlass.hpp
index b5f598030ef26..a77227198f63e 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/instanceKlass.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/instanceKlass.hpp
@@ -959,7 +959,6 @@ class InstanceKlass: public Klass {
   // This bit is initialized in classFileParser.cpp.
   // It is false under any of the following conditions:
   //  - the class is abstract (including any interface)
-  //  - the class has a finalizer (if !RegisterFinalizersAtInit)
   //  - the class size is larger than FastAllocateSizeLimit
   //  - the class is java/lang/Class, which cannot be allocated directly
   bool can_be_fastpath_allocated() const {
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/opto/parse1.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/opto/parse1.cpp
index 97cc025b45b72..5f86847442208 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/opto/parse1.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/opto/parse1.cpp
@@ -2239,8 +2239,7 @@ void Parse::rtm_deopt() {
 //------------------------------return_current---------------------------------
 // Append current _map to _exit_return
 void Parse::return_current(Node* value) {
-  if (RegisterFinalizersAtInit &&
-      method()->intrinsic_id() == vmIntrinsics::_Object_init) {
+  if (method()->intrinsic_id() == vmIntrinsics::_Object_init) {
     call_register_finalizer();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp
index ef6c0dcd9f619..a7a6f7d97a847 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp
@@ -671,10 +671,6 @@ const int ObjectAlignmentInBytes = 8;
   product(bool, PrintWarnings, true,                                        \
           "Print JVM warnings to output stream")                            \
                                                                             \
-  product(bool, RegisterFinalizersAtInit, true,                             \
-          "(Deprecated) Register finalizable objects at end of "            \
-          "Object.<init> or after allocation")                              \
-                                                                            \
   develop(bool, RegisterReferences, true,                                   \
           "Tell whether the VM should register soft/weak/final/phantom "    \
           "references")                                                     \