diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/metaprogramming/isFloatingPoint.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/metaprogramming/isFloatingPoint.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index cbc2d838fe603..0000000000000
--- a/src/hotspot/share/metaprogramming/isFloatingPoint.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2017, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
- *
- * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
- * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
- * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
- * accompanied this code).
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
- * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
- * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
- * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
- * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
- * questions.
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef SHARE_METAPROGRAMMING_ISFLOATINGPOINT_HPP
-#define SHARE_METAPROGRAMMING_ISFLOATINGPOINT_HPP
-
-#include "metaprogramming/integralConstant.hpp"
-
-// This metafunction returns true iff the type T (irrespective of CV qualifiers)
-// is a floating point type.
-
-template <typename T> struct IsFloatingPoint: public FalseType {};
-
-template <> struct IsFloatingPoint<float>: public TrueType {};
-template <> struct IsFloatingPoint<const float>: public TrueType {};
-template <> struct IsFloatingPoint<volatile float>: public TrueType {};
-template <> struct IsFloatingPoint<const volatile float>: public TrueType {};
-
-template <> struct IsFloatingPoint<double>: public TrueType {};
-template <> struct IsFloatingPoint<const double>: public TrueType {};
-template <> struct IsFloatingPoint<volatile double>: public TrueType {};
-template <> struct IsFloatingPoint<const volatile double>: public TrueType {};
-
-template <> struct IsFloatingPoint<long double>: public TrueType {};
-template <> struct IsFloatingPoint<const long double>: public TrueType {};
-template <> struct IsFloatingPoint<volatile long double>: public TrueType {};
-template <> struct IsFloatingPoint<const volatile long double>: public TrueType {};
-
-#endif // SHARE_METAPROGRAMMING_ISFLOATINGPOINT_HPP
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/oops/accessBackend.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/oops/accessBackend.hpp
index 3bcfe797e0c34..c17f16677ea14 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/accessBackend.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/accessBackend.hpp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "metaprogramming/decay.hpp"
 #include "metaprogramming/enableIf.hpp"
 #include "metaprogramming/integralConstant.hpp"
-#include "metaprogramming/isFloatingPoint.hpp"
 #include "metaprogramming/isIntegral.hpp"
 #include "metaprogramming/isPointer.hpp"
 #include "metaprogramming/isSame.hpp"
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "utilities/debug.hpp"
 #include "utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp"
 
+#include <type_traits>
 
 // This metafunction returns either oop or narrowOop depending on whether
 // an access needs to use compressed oops or not.
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ namespace AccessInternal {
     // not recognized as a valid primitive type to a primitive Access function.
     STATIC_ASSERT((HasDecorator<decorators, INTERNAL_VALUE_IS_OOP>::value || // oops have already been validated
                    (IsPointer<T>::value || IsIntegral<T>::value) ||
-                    IsFloatingPoint<T>::value)); // not allowed primitive type
+                    std::is_floating_point<T>::value)); // not allowed primitive type
   }
 
   template <DecoratorSet decorators, typename P, typename T>
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ namespace AccessInternal {
                         size_t length) {
     STATIC_ASSERT((HasDecorator<decorators, INTERNAL_VALUE_IS_OOP>::value ||
                    (IsSame<T, void>::value || IsIntegral<T>::value) ||
-                    IsFloatingPoint<T>::value)); // arraycopy allows type erased void elements
+                    std::is_floating_point<T>::value)); // arraycopy allows type erased void elements
     typedef typename Decay<T>::type DecayedT;
     const DecoratorSet expanded_decorators = DecoratorFixup<decorators | IS_ARRAY | IN_HEAP>::value;
     return arraycopy_reduce_types<expanded_decorators>(src_obj, src_offset_in_bytes, const_cast<DecayedT*>(src_raw),
diff --git a/test/hotspot/gtest/metaprogramming/test_isFloatingPoint.cpp b/test/hotspot/gtest/metaprogramming/test_isFloatingPoint.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 789dae1d1a904..0000000000000
--- a/test/hotspot/gtest/metaprogramming/test_isFloatingPoint.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
- *
- * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
- * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
- * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
- * accompanied this code).
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
- * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
- * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
- * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
- * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
- * questions.
- *
- */
-
-#include "precompiled.hpp"
-#include "memory/allocation.hpp"
-#include "metaprogramming/isFloatingPoint.hpp"
-#include "utilities/debug.hpp"
-
-class IsFloatingPointTest: AllStatic {
-  STATIC_ASSERT(IsFloatingPoint<float>::value);
-  STATIC_ASSERT(IsFloatingPoint<double>::value);
-  STATIC_ASSERT(IsFloatingPoint<long double>::value);
-
-  STATIC_ASSERT(IsFloatingPoint<double const>::value);
-  STATIC_ASSERT(!IsFloatingPoint<double&>::value);
-
-  STATIC_ASSERT(!IsFloatingPoint<int>::value);
-  STATIC_ASSERT(!IsFloatingPoint<unsigned int>::value);
-  STATIC_ASSERT(!IsFloatingPoint<signed int>::value);
-
-  class A: AllStatic {};
-  STATIC_ASSERT(!IsFloatingPoint<A>::value);
-  STATIC_ASSERT(!IsFloatingPoint<A*>::value);
-};