diff --git a/src/comp/middle/trans.rs b/src/comp/middle/trans.rs
index 4d0d06eb5fb1..98ca83a6ff6d 100644
--- a/src/comp/middle/trans.rs
+++ b/src/comp/middle/trans.rs
@@ -3592,18 +3592,6 @@ fn trans_if(cx: &@block_ctxt, cond: &@ast::expr, thn: &ast::blk,
             els: &option::t[@ast::expr], id: ast::node_id,
             output: &out_method) -> result {
     let cond_res = trans_expr(cx, cond);
-
-    if (ty::type_is_bot(bcx_tcx(cx), ty::expr_ty(bcx_tcx(cx), cond))) {
-        // No need to generate code for comparison,
-        // since the cond diverges.
-        if (!cx.build.is_terminated()) {
-            ret rslt(cx, cx.build.Unreachable());
-        }
-        else {
-            ret rslt(cx, C_nil());
-        }
-    }
-
     let then_cx = new_scope_block_ctxt(cx, "then");
     let then_res = trans_block(then_cx, thn, output);
     let else_cx = new_scope_block_ctxt(cx, "else");
diff --git a/src/test/run-fail/if-cond-bot.rs b/src/test/run-fail/if-cond-bot.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 32c698652e7a..000000000000
--- a/src/test/run-fail/if-cond-bot.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-// error-pattern:quux
-fn my_err(s: str) -> ! { log_err s; fail "quux"; }
-fn main() { if my_err("bye") { } }