diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/logging/logFileOutput.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/logging/logFileOutput.cpp
index 39703f1c498f0..2838fb55c0805 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/logging/logFileOutput.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/logging/logFileOutput.cpp
@@ -196,12 +196,13 @@ bool LogFileOutput::parse_options(const char* options, outputStream* errstream)
     *equals_pos = '\0';
 
     if (strcmp(FoldMultilinesOptionKey, key) == 0) {
-      // We need to pass <key>=<value> style option to LogFileStreamOutput::initialize().
-      // Thus we restore '=' temporally.
-      *equals_pos = '=';
-      success = LogFileStreamOutput::initialize(pos, errstream);
-      *equals_pos = '\0';
-      if (!success) {
+      if (strcmp(value_str, "true") == 0) {
+        _fold_multilines = true;
+      } else if (strcmp(value_str, "false") == 0) {
+        _fold_multilines = false;
+      } else {
+        errstream->print_cr("Invalid option '%s' for %s.", value_str, FoldMultilinesOptionKey);
+        success = false;
         break;
       }
     } else if (strcmp(FileCountOptionKey, key) == 0) {
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/logging/logFileStreamOutput.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/logging/logFileStreamOutput.cpp
index e0bbe3bb04f60..60296e4f05080 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/logging/logFileStreamOutput.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/logging/logFileStreamOutput.cpp
@@ -53,40 +53,6 @@ LogFileStreamInitializer::LogFileStreamInitializer() {
   }
 }
 
-bool LogFileStreamOutput::initialize(const char* options, outputStream* errstream) {
-  if (options == NULL || strlen(options) == 0) {
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  char* opts = os::strdup_check_oom(options, mtLogging);
-  char* equals_pos = strchr(opts, '=');
-  bool success = false;
-  if (equals_pos == NULL) {
-    errstream->print_cr("Invalid option '%s' for log file stream output.", opts);
-  } else {
-    char* key = opts;
-    char* value_str = equals_pos + 1;
-    *equals_pos = '\0';
-
-    if (strcmp(FoldMultilinesOptionKey, key) == 0) {
-      if (strcmp(value_str, "true") == 0) {
-        _fold_multilines = true;
-        success = true;
-      } else if (strcmp(value_str, "false") == 0) {
-        _fold_multilines = false;
-        success = true;
-      } else {
-        errstream->print_cr("Invalid option '%s' for %s.", value_str, FoldMultilinesOptionKey);
-      }
-    } else {
-      errstream->print_cr("Invalid option '%s' for log file stream output.", options);
-    }
-  }
-
-  os::free(opts);
-  return success;
-}
-
 int LogFileStreamOutput::write_decorations(const LogDecorations& decorations) {
   int total_written = 0;
   char buf[LogDecorations::max_decoration_size + 1];
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/logging/logFileStreamOutput.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/logging/logFileStreamOutput.hpp
index 52d5394d03f06..d211e8bda2a13 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/logging/logFileStreamOutput.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/logging/logFileStreamOutput.hpp
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ static LogFileStreamInitializer log_stream_initializer;
 // Base class for all FileStream-based log outputs.
 class LogFileStreamOutput : public LogOutput {
  private:
-  bool                _fold_multilines;
   bool                _write_error_is_shown;
 
   int write_internal(const char* msg);
@@ -50,8 +49,9 @@ class LogFileStreamOutput : public LogOutput {
   static const char* const FoldMultilinesOptionKey;
   FILE*               _stream;
   size_t              _decorator_padding[LogDecorators::Count];
+  bool                _fold_multilines;
 
-  LogFileStreamOutput(FILE *stream) : _fold_multilines(false), _write_error_is_shown(false), _stream(stream) {
+  LogFileStreamOutput(FILE *stream) : _write_error_is_shown(false), _stream(stream), _fold_multilines(false) {
     for (size_t i = 0; i < LogDecorators::Count; i++) {
       _decorator_padding[i] = 0;
     }
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ class LogFileStreamOutput : public LogOutput {
   bool flush();
 
  public:
-  virtual bool initialize(const char* options, outputStream* errstream);
   virtual int write(const LogDecorations& decorations, const char* msg);
   virtual int write(LogMessageBuffer::Iterator msg_iterator);
 };