diff --git a/maven/core-unittests/src/test/java/com/codename1/junit/UITestBase.java b/maven/core-unittests/src/test/java/com/codename1/junit/UITestBase.java
index d4ddd85f24..95dd0c5809 100644
--- a/maven/core-unittests/src/test/java/com/codename1/junit/UITestBase.java
+++ b/maven/core-unittests/src/test/java/com/codename1/junit/UITestBase.java
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ public Object createImplementation() {
             implementation = TestCodenameOneImplementation.getInstance();
             implementation.setLocalizationManager(new SafeL10NManager("en", "US"));
         }
+        display = Display.getInstance();
         Util.setImplementation(implementation);
     }
 
diff --git a/vm/ByteCodeTranslator/src/com/codename1/tools/translator/BytecodeMethod.java b/vm/ByteCodeTranslator/src/com/codename1/tools/translator/BytecodeMethod.java
index ff008acd94..589d97a3cf 100644
--- a/vm/ByteCodeTranslator/src/com/codename1/tools/translator/BytecodeMethod.java
+++ b/vm/ByteCodeTranslator/src/com/codename1/tools/translator/BytecodeMethod.java
@@ -98,9 +98,10 @@ public static void setAcceptStaticOnEquals(boolean aAcceptStaticOnEquals) {
     private boolean virtualOverriden;
     private boolean finalMethod;
     private boolean synchronizedMethod;
-    private final static Set<String> virtualMethodsInvoked = new TreeSet<String>();    
+    private final static Set<String> virtualMethodsInvoked = new TreeSet<String>();
     private String desc;
     private boolean eliminated;
+    private Set<String> calledMethodSignatureKeys;
 
     
     static boolean optimizerOn;
@@ -347,7 +348,39 @@ public boolean isMethodUsedByNative(String[] nativeSources, ByteCodeClass cls) {
         usedByNative = false;
         return false;
     }
-    
+
+    private static String toMethodKey(String signature, String name) {
+        if (signature == null || name == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        if ("__INIT__".equals(name)) {
+            return signature + ".<init>";
+        }
+        if ("__CLINIT__".equals(name)) {
+            return signature + ".<clinit>";
+        }
+        return signature + "." + name;
+    }
+
+    public String getMethodUsageKey() {
+        return toMethodKey(desc, methodName);
+    }
+
+    public Set<String> getCalledMethodSignatureKeys() {
+        if (calledMethodSignatureKeys == null) {
+            calledMethodSignatureKeys = new HashSet<String>();
+            for (Instruction ins : instructions) {
+                String name = ins.getMethodName();
+                String signature = ins.getSignature();
+                String key = toMethodKey(signature, name);
+                if (key != null) {
+                    calledMethodSignatureKeys.add(key);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return calledMethodSignatureKeys;
+    }
+
     private Set<String> usedMethods;
     public boolean isMethodUsedOldWay(BytecodeMethod bm) {
         if(usedMethods == null) {
diff --git a/vm/ByteCodeTranslator/src/com/codename1/tools/translator/Parser.java b/vm/ByteCodeTranslator/src/com/codename1/tools/translator/Parser.java
index dbc8d9f510..127bb05668 100644
--- a/vm/ByteCodeTranslator/src/com/codename1/tools/translator/Parser.java
+++ b/vm/ByteCodeTranslator/src/com/codename1/tools/translator/Parser.java
@@ -50,11 +50,17 @@ public class Parser extends ClassVisitor {
     private String clsName;
     private static String[] nativeSources;
     private static List<ByteCodeClass> classes = new ArrayList<ByteCodeClass>();
+    private static Map<String, Integer> methodUsageCounts;
+    private static Map<BytecodeMethod, Set<String>> methodCallMap;
+    private static Set<BytecodeMethod> removedFromUsageIndex;
     private int lambdaCounter;
     public static void cleanup() {
-    	nativeSources = null;
-    	classes.clear();
-    	LabelInstruction.cleanup();
+        nativeSources = null;
+        classes.clear();
+        methodUsageCounts = null;
+        methodCallMap = null;
+        removedFromUsageIndex = null;
+        LabelInstruction.cleanup();
     }
     public static void parse(File sourceFile) throws Exception {
         if(ByteCodeTranslator.verbose) {
@@ -485,14 +491,83 @@ public boolean accept(File file) {
             nativeSources[iter] = new String(dat, "UTF-8");
         }
         System.out.println("Native files total "+(size/1024)+"K");
-        
+
     }
-    
+
+    private static String buildMethodUsageKey(BytecodeMethod method) {
+        return method.getMethodUsageKey();
+    }
+
+    private static void ensureMethodUsageIndex() {
+        if (methodUsageCounts != null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        buildMethodUsageIndex();
+    }
+
+    private static Set<String> collectCalledMethods(BytecodeMethod caller) {
+        Set<String> calls = new HashSet<String>();
+        String callerKey = buildMethodUsageKey(caller);
+        for (String key : caller.getCalledMethodSignatureKeys()) {
+            if (!key.equals(callerKey)) {
+                calls.add(key);
+            }
+        }
+        return calls;
+    }
+
+    private static void buildMethodUsageIndex() {
+        methodUsageCounts = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
+        methodCallMap = new HashMap<BytecodeMethod, Set<String>>();
+        removedFromUsageIndex = new HashSet<BytecodeMethod>();
+
+        for (ByteCodeClass bc : classes) {
+            for (BytecodeMethod method : bc.getMethods()) {
+                if (method.isEliminated()) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                Set<String> calls = collectCalledMethods(method);
+                methodCallMap.put(method, calls);
+                for (String key : calls) {
+                    Integer count = methodUsageCounts.get(key);
+                    methodUsageCounts.put(key, count == null ? 1 : count + 1);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void removeFromMethodUsageIndex(BytecodeMethod method) {
+        if (removedFromUsageIndex == null) {
+            removedFromUsageIndex = new HashSet<BytecodeMethod>();
+        }
+        if (removedFromUsageIndex.contains(method)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        ensureMethodUsageIndex();
+        Set<String> calls = methodCallMap.remove(method);
+        if (calls == null) {
+            calls = collectCalledMethods(method);
+        }
+        for (String key : calls) {
+            Integer count = methodUsageCounts.get(key);
+            if (count == null) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (count <= 1) {
+                methodUsageCounts.remove(key);
+            } else {
+                methodUsageCounts.put(key, count - 1);
+            }
+        }
+        removedFromUsageIndex.add(method);
+    }
+
     private static int eliminateUnusedMethods() {
         return(eliminateUnusedMethods(false, 0));
     }
 
     private static int eliminateUnusedMethods(boolean forceFound, int depth) {
+        ensureMethodUsageIndex();
         int nfound = cullMethods();
         nfound += cullClasses(nfound>0 || forceFound, depth);
         return(nfound);
@@ -519,6 +594,7 @@ private static int cullMethods() {
                         continue;
                     }
                     mtd.setEliminated(true);
+                    removeFromMethodUsageIndex(mtd);
                     nfound++;
                 }
             }
@@ -596,6 +672,9 @@ private static int cullClasses(boolean found, int depth) {
             int nfound = 0;
             for (ByteCodeClass cls : removedClasses) {
                 nfound += cls.setEliminated(true);
+                for (BytecodeMethod method : cls.getMethods()) {
+                    removeFromMethodUsageIndex(method);
+                }
             }
             classes = tmp;
             return nfound + eliminateUnusedMethods(nfound > 0, depth + 1);
@@ -613,17 +692,9 @@ private static boolean isMethodUsed(BytecodeMethod m, ByteCodeClass cls) {
         if (!m.isEliminated() && m.isMethodUsedByNative(nativeSources, cls)) {
             return true;
         }
-        for(ByteCodeClass bc : classes) {
-            for(BytecodeMethod mtd : bc.getMethods()) {
-                if(mtd.isEliminated() || mtd == m) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                if(mtd.isMethodUsed(m)) {
-                    return true;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
+        ensureMethodUsageIndex();
+        Integer count = methodUsageCounts.get(buildMethodUsageKey(m));
+        return count != null && count > 0;
     }
 
     private static void writeFile(ByteCodeClass cls, File outputDir, ConcatenatingFileOutputStream writeBufferInstead) throws Exception {
diff --git a/vm/tests/src/test/java/com/codename1/tools/translator/CullPerformanceTest.java b/vm/tests/src/test/java/com/codename1/tools/translator/CullPerformanceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a97214eda8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vm/tests/src/test/java/com/codename1/tools/translator/CullPerformanceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+package com.codename1.tools.translator;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.objectweb.asm.ClassWriter;
+import org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor;
+import org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+class CullPerformanceTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void cullsLargeUnusedGraphQuickly() throws Exception {
+        Parser.cleanup();
+
+        Path classesDir = Files.createTempDirectory("cull-stress-classes");
+        int totalNodes = 300;
+        List<Path> generated = new ArrayList<Path>();
+        generated.add(writeStub(classesDir, "java/lang/Object"));
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < totalNodes; i++) {
+            generated.add(writeNode(classesDir, i, totalNodes));
+        }
+        generated.add(writeEntryPoint(classesDir, totalNodes));
+
+        for (Path classFile : generated) {
+            Parser.parse(classFile.toFile());
+        }
+
+        List<ByteCodeClass> parsedClasses = getParsedClasses();
+        for (ByteCodeClass bc : parsedClasses) {
+            bc.updateAllDependencies();
+        }
+        ByteCodeClass.markDependencies(parsedClasses, null);
+        List<ByteCodeClass> reachable = ByteCodeClass.clearUnmarked(parsedClasses);
+        setParsedClasses(reachable);
+
+        Method eliminateUnusedMethods = Parser.class.getDeclaredMethod("eliminateUnusedMethods");
+        eliminateUnusedMethods.setAccessible(true);
+
+        assertTimeoutPreemptively(Duration.ofSeconds(10), () -> eliminateUnusedMethods.invoke(null));
+
+        long remaining = reachable.stream().filter(bc -> !bc.isEliminated()).count();
+        assertTrue(remaining < totalNodes / 4, "Most generated classes should be culled to keep optimization fast");
+    }
+
+    private Path writeStub(Path classesDir, String internalName) throws Exception {
+        ClassWriter cw = new ClassWriter(0);
+        String superName = "java/lang/Object".equals(internalName) ? null : "java/lang/Object";
+        cw.visit(Opcodes.V1_8, Opcodes.ACC_PUBLIC, internalName, null, superName, null);
+        addDefaultConstructor(cw, superName);
+        cw.visitEnd();
+        return writeClass(classesDir, internalName, cw.toByteArray());
+    }
+
+    private Path writeNode(Path classesDir, int index, int totalNodes) throws Exception {
+        String name = "com/example/stress/Node" + index;
+        ClassWriter cw = new ClassWriter(0);
+        cw.visit(Opcodes.V1_8, Opcodes.ACC_PUBLIC, name, null, "java/lang/Object", null);
+
+        addDefaultConstructor(cw, "java/lang/Object");
+
+        MethodVisitor value = cw.visitMethod(Opcodes.ACC_PUBLIC, "value", "(I)I", null, null);
+        value.visitCode();
+        value.visitVarInsn(Opcodes.ILOAD, 1);
+        value.visitIntInsn(Opcodes.SIPUSH, index);
+        value.visitInsn(Opcodes.IADD);
+
+        if (index + 1 < totalNodes && index % 3 == 0) {
+            String next = "com/example/stress/Node" + (index + 1);
+            value.visitTypeInsn(Opcodes.NEW, next);
+            value.visitInsn(Opcodes.DUP);
+            value.visitMethodInsn(Opcodes.INVOKESPECIAL, next, "<init>", "()V", false);
+            value.visitVarInsn(Opcodes.ILOAD, 1);
+            value.visitMethodInsn(Opcodes.INVOKEVIRTUAL, next, "value", "(I)I", false);
+            value.visitInsn(Opcodes.IADD);
+        }
+
+        value.visitInsn(Opcodes.IRETURN);
+        value.visitMaxs(3, 2);
+        value.visitEnd();
+
+        cw.visitEnd();
+        return writeClass(classesDir, name, cw.toByteArray());
+    }
+
+    private Path writeEntryPoint(Path classesDir, int totalNodes) throws Exception {
+        String name = "com/example/stress/StressEntry";
+        ClassWriter cw = new ClassWriter(0);
+        cw.visit(Opcodes.V1_8, Opcodes.ACC_PUBLIC, name, null, "java/lang/Object", null);
+
+        addDefaultConstructor(cw, "java/lang/Object");
+
+        MethodVisitor main = cw.visitMethod(Opcodes.ACC_PUBLIC | Opcodes.ACC_STATIC, "main", "([Ljava/lang/String;)V", null, null);
+        main.visitCode();
+        main.visitTypeInsn(Opcodes.NEW, "com/example/stress/Node0");
+        main.visitInsn(Opcodes.DUP);
+        main.visitMethodInsn(Opcodes.INVOKESPECIAL, "com/example/stress/Node0", "<init>", "()V", false);
+        main.visitInsn(Opcodes.ICONST_0);
+        main.visitMethodInsn(Opcodes.INVOKEVIRTUAL, "com/example/stress/Node0", "value", "(I)I", false);
+        main.visitInsn(Opcodes.POP);
+        main.visitInsn(Opcodes.RETURN);
+        main.visitMaxs(3, 1);
+        main.visitEnd();
+
+        cw.visitEnd();
+        return writeClass(classesDir, name, cw.toByteArray());
+    }
+
+    private void addDefaultConstructor(ClassWriter cw, String superName) {
+        MethodVisitor ctor = cw.visitMethod(Opcodes.ACC_PUBLIC, "<init>", "()V", null, null);
+        ctor.visitCode();
+        if (superName != null) {
+            ctor.visitVarInsn(Opcodes.ALOAD, 0);
+            ctor.visitMethodInsn(Opcodes.INVOKESPECIAL, superName, "<init>", "()V", false);
+        }
+        ctor.visitInsn(Opcodes.RETURN);
+        ctor.visitMaxs(superName != null ? 1 : 0, 1);
+        ctor.visitEnd();
+    }
+
+    private Path writeClass(Path classesDir, String internalName, byte[] data) throws Exception {
+        Path classFile = classesDir.resolve(internalName + ".class");
+        Files.createDirectories(classFile.getParent());
+        Files.write(classFile, data);
+        return classFile;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    private List<ByteCodeClass> getParsedClasses() throws Exception {
+        Field f = Parser.class.getDeclaredField("classes");
+        f.setAccessible(true);
+        return (List<ByteCodeClass>) f.get(null);
+    }
+
+    private void setParsedClasses(List<ByteCodeClass> updated) throws Exception {
+        Field f = Parser.class.getDeclaredField("classes");
+        f.setAccessible(true);
+        f.set(null, updated);
+    }
+}