diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/compiler/compilationPolicy.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/compiler/compilationPolicy.hpp
index 6ec0d70817c..75571674fe1 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/compiler/compilationPolicy.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/compiler/compilationPolicy.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010, 2021, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2022, 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
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ class CompilationPolicy : AllStatic {
   static bool can_be_osr_compiled(const methodHandle& m, int comp_level = CompLevel_any);
   static bool is_compilation_enabled();
 
-  static void do_safepoint_work() { }
   static CompileTask* select_task_helper(CompileQueue* compile_queue);
   // Return initial compile level to use with Xcomp (depends on compilation mode).
   static void reprofile(ScopeDesc* trap_scope, bool is_osr);
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/safepoint.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/safepoint.cpp
index 3894a11bcbf..8cce80ddcbe 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/safepoint.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/safepoint.cpp
@@ -506,19 +506,9 @@ bool SafepointSynchronize::is_cleanup_needed() {
   return false;
 }
 
-class ParallelSPCleanupThreadClosure : public ThreadClosure {
-public:
-  void do_thread(Thread* thread) {
-    if (thread->is_Java_thread()) {
-      StackWatermarkSet::start_processing(thread->as_Java_thread(), StackWatermarkKind::gc);
-    }
-  }
-};
-
-class ParallelSPCleanupTask : public AbstractGangTask {
+class ParallelCleanupTask : public AbstractGangTask {
 private:
   SubTasksDone _subtasks;
-  uint _num_workers;
   bool _do_lazy_roots;
 
   class Tracer {
@@ -538,32 +528,14 @@ class ParallelSPCleanupTask : public AbstractGangTask {
   };
 
 public:
-  ParallelSPCleanupTask(uint num_workers) :
+  ParallelCleanupTask() :
     AbstractGangTask("Parallel Safepoint Cleanup"),
     _subtasks(SafepointSynchronize::SAFEPOINT_CLEANUP_NUM_TASKS),
-    _num_workers(num_workers),
     _do_lazy_roots(!VMThread::vm_operation()->skip_thread_oop_barriers() &&
                    Universe::heap()->uses_stack_watermark_barrier()) {}
 
   void work(uint worker_id) {
-    if (_subtasks.try_claim_task(SafepointSynchronize::SAFEPOINT_CLEANUP_LAZY_ROOT_PROCESSING)) {
-      if (_do_lazy_roots) {
-        Tracer t("lazy partial thread root processing");
-        ParallelSPCleanupThreadClosure cl;
-        Threads::threads_do(&cl);
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (_subtasks.try_claim_task(SafepointSynchronize::SAFEPOINT_CLEANUP_UPDATE_INLINE_CACHES)) {
-      Tracer t("updating inline caches");
-      InlineCacheBuffer::update_inline_caches();
-    }
-
-    if (_subtasks.try_claim_task(SafepointSynchronize::SAFEPOINT_CLEANUP_COMPILATION_POLICY)) {
-      Tracer t("compilation policy safepoint handler");
-      CompilationPolicy::do_safepoint_work();
-    }
-
+    // These tasks are ordered by relative length of time to execute so that potentially longer tasks start first.
     if (_subtasks.try_claim_task(SafepointSynchronize::SAFEPOINT_CLEANUP_SYMBOL_TABLE_REHASH)) {
       if (SymbolTable::needs_rehashing()) {
         Tracer t("rehashing symbol table");
@@ -585,6 +557,25 @@ class ParallelSPCleanupTask : public AbstractGangTask {
       }
     }
 
+    if (_subtasks.try_claim_task(SafepointSynchronize::SAFEPOINT_CLEANUP_LAZY_ROOT_PROCESSING)) {
+      if (_do_lazy_roots) {
+        Tracer t("lazy partial thread root processing");
+        class LazyRootClosure : public ThreadClosure {
+        public:
+          void do_thread(Thread* thread) {
+            StackWatermarkSet::start_processing(thread->as_Java_thread(), StackWatermarkKind::gc);
+          }
+        };
+        LazyRootClosure cl;
+        Threads::java_threads_do(&cl);
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (_subtasks.try_claim_task(SafepointSynchronize::SAFEPOINT_CLEANUP_UPDATE_INLINE_CACHES)) {
+      Tracer t("updating inline caches");
+      InlineCacheBuffer::update_inline_caches();
+    }
+
     if (_subtasks.try_claim_task(SafepointSynchronize::SAFEPOINT_CLEANUP_REQUEST_OOPSTORAGE_CLEANUP)) {
       // Don't bother reporting event or time for this very short operation.
       // To have any utility we'd also want to report whether needed.
@@ -602,15 +593,13 @@ void SafepointSynchronize::do_cleanup_tasks() {
 
   CollectedHeap* heap = Universe::heap();
   assert(heap != NULL, "heap not initialized yet?");
+  ParallelCleanupTask cleanup;
   WorkGang* cleanup_workers = heap->safepoint_workers();
   if (cleanup_workers != NULL) {
     // Parallel cleanup using GC provided thread pool.
-    uint num_cleanup_workers = cleanup_workers->active_workers();
-    ParallelSPCleanupTask cleanup(num_cleanup_workers);
     cleanup_workers->run_task(&cleanup);
   } else {
     // Serial cleanup using VMThread.
-    ParallelSPCleanupTask cleanup(1);
     cleanup.work(0);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/safepoint.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/safepoint.hpp
index c986f540dc4..95d0e1fb18f 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/safepoint.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/safepoint.hpp
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ class SafepointSynchronize : AllStatic {
   enum SafepointCleanupTasks {
     SAFEPOINT_CLEANUP_LAZY_ROOT_PROCESSING,
     SAFEPOINT_CLEANUP_UPDATE_INLINE_CACHES,
-    SAFEPOINT_CLEANUP_COMPILATION_POLICY,
     SAFEPOINT_CLEANUP_SYMBOL_TABLE_REHASH,
     SAFEPOINT_CLEANUP_STRING_TABLE_REHASH,
     SAFEPOINT_CLEANUP_SYSTEM_DICTIONARY_RESIZE,
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/synchronizer.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/synchronizer.cpp
index 0206c8f5b1b..869b5604c8f 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/synchronizer.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/synchronizer.cpp
@@ -1676,7 +1676,7 @@ void ObjectSynchronizer::do_final_audit_and_print_stats() {
       ; // empty
     }
     // The other audit_and_print_stats() call is done at the Debug
-    // level at a safepoint in ObjectSynchronizer::do_safepoint_work().
+    // level at a safepoint in SafepointSynchronize::do_cleanup_tasks.
     ObjectSynchronizer::audit_and_print_stats(true /* on_exit */);
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/logging/SafepointCleanupTest.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/logging/SafepointCleanupTest.java
index 9136953a5e9..3318b4d696f 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/logging/SafepointCleanupTest.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/logging/SafepointCleanupTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016, 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 2022, 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
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ static void analyzeOutputOn(ProcessBuilder pb) throws Exception {
         output.shouldContain("[safepoint,cleanup]");
         output.shouldContain("safepoint cleanup tasks");
         output.shouldContain("updating inline caches");
-        output.shouldContain("compilation policy safepoint handler");
         output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
     }