1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/re.c b/re.c
index 96c3c3dd9d..dbcbeb474c 100644
--- a/re.c
+++ b/re.c
@@ -2395,8 +2395,6 @@ rb_reg_initialize(VALUE obj, const char *s, long len, rb_encoding *enc,
     rb_encoding *fixed_enc = 0;
     rb_encoding *a_enc = rb_ascii8bit_encoding();
 
-    if (!OBJ_UNTRUSTED(obj) && rb_safe_level() >= 4)
-	rb_raise(rb_eSecurityError, "Insecure: can't modify regexp");
     rb_check_frozen(obj);
     if (FL_TEST(obj, REG_LITERAL))
 	rb_raise(rb_eSecurityError, "can't modify literal regexp");