diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/typeck/infer/mod.rs b/src/librustc/middle/typeck/infer/mod.rs
index 801b0966f75..279318079b9 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/typeck/infer/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/typeck/infer/mod.rs
@@ -741,14 +741,6 @@ impl infer_ctxt {
         // Don't report an error if actual type is ty_err.
         match ty::get(actual_ty).sty {
             ty::ty_err => return,
-            // Should really not report an error if the type
-            // has ty_err anywhere as a component, but that's
-            // annoying since we haven't written a visitor for
-            // ty::t yet
-            ty::ty_fn(fty) => match ty::get(fty.sig.output).sty {
-                ty::ty_err => return,
-                _ => ()
-            },
             _           => ()
         }
         let error_str = err.map_default(~"", |t_err|