1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ext/extmk.rb b/ext/extmk.rb
index d6a4b80bf7..428ffc91a6 100755
--- a/ext/extmk.rb
+++ b/ext/extmk.rb
@@ -43,11 +43,7 @@ $" << "mkmf.rb"
 load File.expand_path("lib/mkmf.rb", srcdir)
 require 'optparse/shellwords'
 
-if defined?(File::NULL)
-  @null = File::NULL
-elsif !File.chardev?(@null = "/dev/null")
-  @null = "nul"
-end
+@null = File::NULL
 
 def verbose?
   $mflags.defined?("V") == "1"