--- jsr166/src/test/tck/JSR166TestCase.java	2017/05/14 03:12:05	1.227
+++ jsr166/src/test/tck/JSR166TestCase.java	2017/05/14 03:15:37	1.229
@@ -1066,8 +1066,8 @@ public class JSR166TestCase extends Test
      * Checks that thread eventually enters the expected blocked thread state.
      */
     void assertThreadBlocks(Thread thread, Thread.State expected) {
-        // always sleep at least 1 ms, avoiding transitional states
-        // with high probability
+        // always sleep at least 1 ms, with high probability avoiding
+        // transitory states
         for (long retries = LONG_DELAY_MS * 3 / 4; retries-->0; ) {
             try { delay(1); }
             catch (InterruptedException fail) {
@@ -1083,27 +1083,6 @@ public class JSR166TestCase extends Test
     }
 
     /**
-     * Checks that thread does not terminate within the default
-     * millisecond delay of {@code timeoutMillis()}.
-     */
-    void assertThreadStaysAlive(Thread thread) {
-        assertThreadStaysAlive(thread, timeoutMillis());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks that thread does not terminate within the given millisecond delay.
-     */
-    void assertThreadStaysAlive(Thread thread, long millis) {
-        try {
-            // No need to optimize the failing case via Thread.join.
-            delay(millis);
-            assertTrue(thread.isAlive());
-        } catch (InterruptedException fail) {
-            threadFail("Unexpected InterruptedException");
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
      * Checks that future.get times out, with the default timeout of
      * {@code timeoutMillis()}.
      */