diff --git a/gcc/java/ChangeLog b/gcc/java/ChangeLog
index f80688f0d211..c88eca60d741 100644
--- a/gcc/java/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/java/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-09-09  Richard Guenther  <rguenther@suse.de>
+
+	* decl.c (build_result_decl): Remove no longer applicable
+	promotion.
+
 2008-09-05  David Daney  <ddaney@avtrex.com>
 
 	* gcj.texi (-freduced-reflection): Clarify option's restrictions.
diff --git a/gcc/java/decl.c b/gcc/java/decl.c
index 1768109414d1..bae077887bf3 100644
--- a/gcc/java/decl.c
+++ b/gcc/java/decl.c
@@ -1694,10 +1694,6 @@ build_result_decl (tree fndecl)
   tree result = DECL_RESULT (fndecl);
   if (! result)
     {
-      /* To be compatible with C_PROMOTING_INTEGER_TYPE_P in cc1/cc1plus. */
-      if (INTEGRAL_TYPE_P (restype)
-	  && TYPE_PRECISION (restype) < TYPE_PRECISION (integer_type_node))
-	restype = integer_type_node;
       result = build_decl (RESULT_DECL, NULL_TREE, restype);
       DECL_ARTIFICIAL (result) = 1;
       DECL_IGNORED_P (result) = 1;