1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 17e3927812..5ce8d73e30 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -4249,11 +4249,6 @@ rb_str_ord(VALUE s)
 {
     int c;
 
-    if (RSTRING_LEN(s) != 1) {
-	rb_raise(rb_eTypeError,
-		 "expected a character, but string of size %ld given",
-		 RSTRING_LEN(s));
-    }
     c = RSTRING_PTR(s)[0] & 0xff;
     return INT2NUM(c);
 }