diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonReader.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonReader.java
index 2cc4b124..60d0c17f 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonReader.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonReader.java
@@ -263,11 +263,6 @@ public class JsonReader implements Closeable {
    */
   private String peekedString;
 
-  /**
-   * A pool of short strings intended to prevent object allocation.
-   */
-  private static final StringPool stringPool = new StringPool();
-
   /*
    * The nesting stack. Using a manual array rather than an ArrayList saves 20%.
    */
@@ -979,8 +974,7 @@ public class JsonReader implements Closeable {
   private String nextQuotedValue(char quote) throws IOException {
     // Like nextNonWhitespace, this uses locals 'p' and 'l' to save inner-loop field access.
     char[] buffer = this.buffer;
-    StringBuilder builder = null;
-    int hashCode = 0;
+    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
     while (true) {
       int p = pos;
       int l = limit;
@@ -991,36 +985,21 @@ public class JsonReader implements Closeable {
 
         if (c == quote) {
           pos = p;
-          if (builder == null) {
-            return stringPool.get(buffer, start, p - start - 1, hashCode);
-          } else {
-            builder.append(buffer, start, p - start - 1);
-            return builder.toString();
-          }
-
+          builder.append(buffer, start, p - start - 1);
+          return builder.toString();
         } else if (c == '\\') {
           pos = p;
-          if (builder == null) {
-            builder = new StringBuilder();
-          }
           builder.append(buffer, start, p - start - 1);
           builder.append(readEscapeCharacter());
           p = pos;
           l = limit;
           start = p;
-
         } else if (c == '\n') {
-          hashCode = (hashCode * 31) + c;
           lineNumber++;
           lineStart = p;
-        } else {
-          hashCode = (hashCode * 31) + c;
         }
       }
 
-      if (builder == null) {
-        builder = new StringBuilder();
-      }
       builder.append(buffer, start, p - start);
       pos = p;
       if (!fillBuffer(1)) {
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/StringPool.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/StringPool.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c23fb30..00000000
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/StringPool.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2011 Google Inc.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package com.google.gson.stream;
-
-/**
- * A pool of string instances. Unlike the {@link String#intern() VM's
- * interned strings}, this pool provides no guarantee of reference equality.
- * It is intended only to save allocations.
- *
- * <p>This class is safe for concurrent use.
- */
-final class StringPool {
-  /**
-   * The maximum length of strings to add to the pool. Strings longer than this
-   * don't benefit from pooling because we spend more time on pooling than we
-   * save on garbage collection.
-   */
-  private static final int MAX_LENGTH = 20;
-  private final String[] pool = new String[1024];
-
-  /**
-   * Returns a string equal to {@code new String(array, start, length)}.
-   */
-  public String get(char[] array, int start, int length, int hashCode) {
-    if (length > StringPool.MAX_LENGTH) {
-      return new String(array, start, length);
-    }
-
-    // Pick a bucket using Doug Lea's supplemental secondaryHash function (from HashMap)
-    hashCode ^= (hashCode >>> 20) ^ (hashCode >>> 12);
-    hashCode ^= (hashCode >>> 7) ^ (hashCode >>> 4);
-    int index = hashCode & (pool.length - 1);
-
-    String pooled = pool[index];
-    if (pooled == null || pooled.length() != length) {
-      String result = new String(array, start, length);
-      pool[index] = result;
-      return result;
-    }
-
-    for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-      if (pooled.charAt(i) != array[start + i]) {
-        String result = new String(array, start, length);
-        pool[index] = result;
-        return result;
-      }
-    }
-
-    return pooled;
-  }
-}
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