1 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/scope.c b/scope.c
index f87f7ce13f..cd342d05d3 100644
--- a/scope.c
+++ b/scope.c
@@ -292,14 +292,6 @@ Perl_save_gp(pTHX_ GV *gv, I32 empty)
 	    gp->gp_io = newIO();
 	    IoFLAGS(gp->gp_io) |= IOf_ARGV|IOf_START;
 	}
-#ifdef PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV
-	if (gv == PL_errgv) {
-	    /* We could scatter this logic everywhere by changing the
-	       definition of ERRSV from GvSV() to GvSVn(), but it seems more
-	       efficient to do this check once here.  */
-	    gp->gp_sv = newSV(0);
-	}
-#endif
 	GvGP_set(gv,gp);
     }
     else {