1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/variable.c b/variable.c
index f2c582c915..64a0556780 100644
--- a/variable.c
+++ b/variable.c
@@ -1175,9 +1175,6 @@ rb_ivar_set(VALUE obj, ID id, VALUE val)
                     newsize = iv_index_tbl->num_entries;
                 }
 
-                /* never happens in practice: */
-                if (newsize > INT_MAX) rb_memerror();
-
                 if (RBASIC(obj)->flags & ROBJECT_EMBED) {
                     newptr = ALLOC_N(VALUE, newsize);
                     MEMCPY(newptr, ptr, VALUE, len);