diff --git a/src/numeric.c b/src/numeric.c
index 96b0a6938..2365d7bbd 100644
--- a/src/numeric.c
+++ b/src/numeric.c
@@ -1805,11 +1805,6 @@ int_to_s(mrb_state *mrb, mrb_value self)
   mrb_int base = 10;
 
   mrb_get_args(mrb, "|i", &base);
-#ifdef MRB_USE_BIGINT
-  if (mrb_bigint_p(self)) {
-    return mrb_bint_to_s(mrb, self, base);
-  }
-#endif
   return mrb_integer_to_str(mrb, self, base);
 }