diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/casemodule/Case.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/casemodule/Case.java
index bf9be4aa69..b12f0b7597 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/casemodule/Case.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/casemodule/Case.java
@@ -541,21 +541,6 @@ public class Case {
                 if (RuntimeProperties.runningWithGUI()) {
                     updateGUIForCaseClosed();
                 }
-
-                /*
-                 * This is an undocumented, legacy hack. Empirically, it seems
-                 * to be necessary due to problems with finalizers in the
-                 * SleuthKit Java bindings data model calling native methods
-                 * that read garbage from freed memory, leading to access
-                 * violations otherwise. Why the garbage collector is called
-                 * twice is not known, but it appears to be intended to try to
-                 * force the garbage collection to occur.
-                 *
-                 * TODO (JIRA-2611): Make JNI code more robust when handling
-                 * file closure
-                 */
-                System.gc();
-                System.gc();
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 24a005f4cf..f511481b5c 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Improvements:
 module settings.
 - Artifact attributes can be marked to indicate discovery by multiple tools.
 - Import/export of interesting files set membership rules.
+- High DPI display support added.
 - Support for application service plug-in modules (Java only).
 - Progress dialogs for case create/open/close/delete operations that support 
 cancellation of create/open operations and cancellation of the opening of case