1 files changed, 0 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index ea6b2a2f23..459528255e 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -9639,18 +9639,6 @@ rb_get_argv(void)
     return ARGF.argv;
 }
 
-static const char null_device[] =
-#if defined DOSISH
-    "NUL"
-#elif defined AMIGA || defined __amigaos__
-    "NIL"
-#elif defined __VMS
-    "NL:"
-#else
-    "/dev/null"
-#endif
-    ;
-
 /*
  * Document-class: IOError
  *
@@ -9984,8 +9972,6 @@ Init_IO(void)
     rb_define_method(rb_cIO, "autoclose?", rb_io_autoclose_p, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cIO, "autoclose=", rb_io_set_autoclose, 1);
 
-    rb_define_const(rb_cIO, "NULL", rb_obj_freeze(rb_usascii_str_new2(null_device)));
-
     rb_define_variable("$stdin", &rb_stdin);
     rb_stdin = prep_stdio(stdin, FMODE_READABLE, rb_cIO, "<STDIN>");
     rb_define_hooked_variable("$stdout", &rb_stdout, 0, stdout_setter);