diff --git a/code/__byond_version_compat.dm b/code/__byond_version_compat.dm
index 645499db65b..f3677cf2c64 100644
--- a/code/__byond_version_compat.dm
+++ b/code/__byond_version_compat.dm
@@ -28,12 +28,3 @@
 
 /// Call by name proc reference, checks if the proc is an existing global proc
 #define GLOBAL_PROC_REF(X) (/proc/##X)
-
-/// fcopy will crash on 515 linux if given a non-existant file, instead of returning 0 like on 514 linux or 515 windows
-/// var case matches documentation for fcopy.
-/world/proc/__fcopy(Src, Dst)
-	if (istext(Src) && !fexists(Src))
-		return 0
-	return fcopy(Src, Dst)
-
-#define fcopy(Src, Dst) world.__fcopy(Src, Dst)