diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/refaster/Inliner.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/refaster/Inliner.java
index fdfa36fd7f0..92769196344 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/refaster/Inliner.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/refaster/Inliner.java
@@ -227,26 +227,11 @@ public TypeVar inlineAsVar(UTypeVar var) throws CouldNotResolveImportException {
     sym.type = typeVar;
     typeVarCache.put(var.getName(), typeVar);
     // Any recursive uses of var will point to the same TypeVar object generated above.
-    setUpperBound(typeVar, var.getUpperBound().inline(this));
+    typeVar.setUpperBound(var.getUpperBound().inline(this));
     typeVar.lower = var.getLowerBound().inline(this);
     return typeVar;
   }
 
-  private static void setUpperBound(TypeVar typeVar, Type bound) {
-    // https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8193367
-    try {
-      TypeVar.class.getMethod("setUpperBound", Type.class).invoke(typeVar, bound);
-      return;
-    } catch (ReflectiveOperationException e) {
-      // continue below
-    }
-    try {
-      TypeVar.class.getField("bound").set(typeVar, bound);
-    } catch (ReflectiveOperationException e) {
-      throw new LinkageError(e.getMessage(), e);
-    }
-  }
-
   Type inlineTypeVar(UTypeVar var) throws CouldNotResolveImportException {
     Optional<TypeWithExpression> typeVarBinding = getOptionalBinding(var.key());
     if (typeVarBinding.isPresent()) {