Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8195826 webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dholmes/8195826/webrev Get rid of old experimental ALLOW_NESTMATE_ACCESS support and recast directly using Reflection.areNestMates(a,b). Update quote of JVMS 5.4.4 access rules. Thanks, David