diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1dce588f2e..79584684e9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Fri Aug  8 16:40:59 2014  SHIBATA Hiroshi  <shibata.hiroshi@gmail.com>
+
+	* lib/irb/init.rb: removed unreachable code.
+
 Fri Aug  8 16:34:22 2014  SHIBATA Hiroshi  <shibata.hiroshi@gmail.com>
 
 	* lib/drb/drb.rb: removed unreachable code.
diff --git a/lib/irb/init.rb b/lib/irb/init.rb
index 826bcaf3ac..5cac222d85 100644
--- a/lib/irb/init.rb
+++ b/lib/irb/init.rb
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ module IRB # :nodoc:
     @CONF[:LC_MESSAGES].load("irb/error.rb")
   end
 
-  FEATURE_IOPT_CHANGE_VERSION = "1.9.0"
-
   # option analyzing
   def IRB.parse_opts
     load_path = []
@@ -220,10 +218,8 @@ module IRB # :nodoc:
 	break
       end
     end
-    if RUBY_VERSION >= FEATURE_IOPT_CHANGE_VERSION
-      load_path.collect! do |path|
-	/\A\.\// =~ path ? path : File.expand_path(path)
-      end
+    load_path.collect! do |path|
+      /\A\.\// =~ path ? path : File.expand_path(path)
     end
     $LOAD_PATH.unshift(*load_path)