1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/numeric.c b/numeric.c
index 29fb9f83f2..4c8bacdaf6 100644
--- a/numeric.c
+++ b/numeric.c
@@ -1951,10 +1951,6 @@ fix_to_s(argc, argv, x)
     if (argc == 0) base = 10;
     else base = NUM2INT(b);
 
-    if (base == 2) {
-	/* rb_fix2str() does not handle binary */
-	return rb_big2str(rb_int2big(FIX2LONG(x)), 2);
-    }
     return rb_fix2str(x, base);
 }