diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.hpp b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.hpp
index dc83208f603..e225d521f32 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.hpp
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@
 static bool zero_page_read_protected() { return true; }
 
 class Linux {
-  friend class CgroupSubsystem;
   friend class os;
-  friend class OSContainer;
   friend class TestReserveMemorySpecial;
 
   static int (*_pthread_getcpuclockid)(pthread_t, clockid_t *);
@@ -57,7 +55,6 @@ class Linux {
   static int _page_size;
 
   static julong available_memory();
-  static int active_processor_count();
 
   static void initialize_system_info();
 
@@ -107,6 +104,7 @@ class Linux {
     bool     has_steal_ticks;
   };
 
+  static int active_processor_count();
   // which_logical_cpu=-1 returns accumulated ticks for all cpus.
   static bool get_tick_information(CPUPerfTicks* pticks, int which_logical_cpu);
   static bool _stack_is_executable;