1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gc.c b/gc.c
index 8076d8f7ee..fe1e4942f8 100644
--- a/gc.c
+++ b/gc.c
@@ -261,9 +261,6 @@ data_object_alloc(klass, datap, dmark, dfree)
     data->dfree = dfree;
     data->dmark = dmark;
 
-    /* turn on premitive flag for the class */
-    FL_SET(klass, FL_PRIMITIVE);
-
     return (VALUE)data;
 }