diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernel.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernel.php
index 2ec08eb..f56fbfc 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernel.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernel.php
@@ -871,14 +871,6 @@ protected function initializeContainer() {
       $container_definition = $this->getCachedContainerDefinition();
     }
 
-    // Building the container creates 1000s of objects. Garbage collection of
-    // these objects is expensive and appears to be causing segmentation faults
-    // in PHP 5.6.
-    $disable_gc = gc_enabled();
-    if ($disable_gc) {
-      gc_collect_cycles();
-      gc_disable();
-    }
     // If there is no container and no cached container definition, build a new
     // one from scratch.
     if (!isset($container) && !isset($container_definition)) {
@@ -901,11 +893,6 @@ protected function initializeContainer() {
       $class = Settings::get('container_base_class', '\Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\Container');
       $container = new $class($container_definition);
     }
-    // If garbage collection was disabled prior to rebuilding container, enable
-    // it.
-    if ($disable_gc) {
-      gc_enable();
-    }
 
     $this->attachSynthetic($container);