1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/eval.c b/eval.c
index eebb663bcf..6bb236b4a8 100644
--- a/eval.c
+++ b/eval.c
@@ -9179,12 +9179,12 @@ umethod_bind(method, recv)
     VALUE method, recv;
 {
     struct METHOD *data, *bound;
-    VALUE rklass = CLASS_OF(recv), klass = rklass;
+    VALUE rklass = CLASS_OF(recv);
 
     Data_Get_Struct(method, struct METHOD, data);
     if (data->rklass != rklass) {
 	if (FL_TEST(data->rklass, FL_SINGLETON)) {
-	    rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "singleton method called for a different object");
+	    rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "singleton method bound for a different object");
 	}
 	if (TYPE(data->rklass) == T_MODULE) {
 	    st_table *m_tbl = RCLASS(data->rklass)->m_tbl;
@@ -9203,7 +9203,6 @@ umethod_bind(method, recv)
     method = Data_Make_Struct(rb_cMethod,struct METHOD,bm_mark,free,bound);
     *bound = *data;
     bound->recv = recv;
-    bound->klass = klass;
     bound->rklass = rklass;
 
     return method;