1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/numeric.c b/numeric.c
index 10310338cf..f94be7f8ed 100644
--- a/numeric.c
+++ b/numeric.c
@@ -1882,10 +1882,6 @@ fix_to_s(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE 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);
 }