diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp
index bacbe3f343f5f..7b2639ea1be79 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ static SpecialFlag const special_jvm_flags[] = {
   { "TLABStats",                    JDK_Version::jdk(12), JDK_Version::jdk(23), JDK_Version::jdk(24) },
   { "GCLockerEdenExpansionPercent", JDK_Version::undefined(), JDK_Version::jdk(23), JDK_Version::jdk(24) },
   { "NUMAPageScanRate",             JDK_Version::undefined(), JDK_Version::jdk(23), JDK_Version::jdk(24) },
+  { "ProcessDistributionStride",    JDK_Version::undefined(), JDK_Version::jdk(23), JDK_Version::jdk(24) },
 #ifdef ASSERT
   { "DummyObsoleteTestFlag",        JDK_Version::undefined(), JDK_Version::jdk(18), JDK_Version::undefined() },
 #endif
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp
index d27fa2bd6b3ac..75ba2eb3516ff 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp
@@ -894,10 +894,6 @@ const int ObjectAlignmentInBytes = 8;
   develop(bool, TraceOopMapRewrites, false,                                 \
           "Trace rewriting of methods during oop map generation")           \
                                                                             \
-  product(uintx, ProcessDistributionStride, 4,                              \
-          "Stride through processors when distributing processes")          \
-          range(0, max_juint)                                               \
-                                                                            \
   develop(bool, TraceFinalizerRegistration, false,                          \
           "Trace registration of final references")                         \
                                                                             \