diff --git a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/Code.java b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/Code.java
index 405cd86d9c080..b86bdc19be401 100644
--- a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/Code.java
+++ b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/Code.java
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
 import java.util.function.ToIntFunction;
 
 import static com.sun.tools.javac.code.TypeTag.BOT;
+import static com.sun.tools.javac.code.TypeTag.DOUBLE;
 import static com.sun.tools.javac.code.TypeTag.INT;
+import static com.sun.tools.javac.code.TypeTag.LONG;
 import static com.sun.tools.javac.jvm.ByteCodes.*;
 import static com.sun.tools.javac.jvm.ClassFile.CONSTANT_Class;
 import static com.sun.tools.javac.jvm.ClassFile.CONSTANT_Double;
@@ -401,7 +403,8 @@ void postop() {
     */
     public void emitLdc(LoadableConstant constant) {
         int od = poolWriter.putConstant(constant);
-        if (LoadableConstant.isLongOrDouble(constant)) {
+        Type constantType = types.constantType(constant);
+        if (constantType.hasTag(LONG) || constantType.hasTag(DOUBLE)) {
             emitop2(ldc2w, od, constant);
         } else if (od <= 255) {
             emitop1(ldc1, od, constant);
@@ -1063,6 +1066,7 @@ public void emitop2(int op, int od, PoolConstant data) {
             Type t = types.erasure((Type)data);
             state.push(t);
             break; }
+        case ldc2:
         case ldc2w:
             state.push(types.constantType((LoadableConstant)data));
             break;
@@ -1070,9 +1074,6 @@ public void emitop2(int op, int od, PoolConstant data) {
             state.pop(1);
             state.push(syms.intType);
             break;
-        case ldc2:
-            state.push(types.constantType((LoadableConstant)data));
-            break;
         case jsr:
             break;
         default:
diff --git a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/PoolConstant.java b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/PoolConstant.java
index b4d0716920ac1..2077efc188826 100644
--- a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/PoolConstant.java
+++ b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/PoolConstant.java
@@ -25,12 +25,9 @@
 
 package com.sun.tools.javac.jvm;
 
-import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol.DynamicVarSymbol;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Type;
-import com.sun.tools.javac.code.TypeTag;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Types;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Types.UniqueType;
-import com.sun.tools.javac.jvm.PoolConstant.LoadableConstant.BasicConstant;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.util.List;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.util.Name;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.util.Pair;
@@ -120,18 +117,6 @@ public Object poolKey(Types types) {
                 return data;
             }
         }
-
-        static boolean isLongOrDouble(LoadableConstant constant) {
-            return switch (constant) {
-                case DynamicVarSymbol dynamicVar ->
-                        dynamicVar.type.hasTag(TypeTag.LONG) ||
-                                dynamicVar.type.hasTag(TypeTag.DOUBLE);
-                case BasicConstant bc ->
-                        bc.tag == ClassFile.CONSTANT_Long ||
-                                bc.tag == ClassFile.CONSTANT_Double;
-                default -> false;
-            };
-        }
     }
 
     /**