1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/compile.c b/compile.c
index 00ae3011e7..e8e14b6528 100644
--- a/compile.c
+++ b/compile.c
@@ -2508,8 +2508,7 @@ case_when_optimizable_literal(NODE * node)
 	    modf(RFLOAT_VALUE(v), &ival) == 0.0) {
 	    return FIXABLE(ival) ? LONG2FIX((long)ival) : rb_dbl2big(ival);
 	}
-	if (SYMBOL_P(v) || RB_TYPE_P(v, T_STRING) ||
-	    rb_obj_is_kind_of(v, rb_cNumeric)) {
+	if (SYMBOL_P(v) || rb_obj_is_kind_of(v, rb_cNumeric)) {
 	    return v;
 	}
 	break;