1 files changed, 3 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/beam_load.c b/erts/emulator/beam/beam_load.c
index 6cd1287ee0..7d3a19ff86 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/beam_load.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/beam_load.c
@@ -2034,30 +2034,10 @@ load_code(LoaderState* stp)
 		    case 0:
 			/* Floating point number.
 			 * Not generated by the compiler in R16B and later.
+                         * (The literal pool is used instead.)
 			 */
-			{
-			    Eterm* hp;
-#if !defined(ARCH_64)
-			    Uint high, low;
-# endif
-			    last_op->a[arg].val = new_literal(stp, &hp,
-							      FLOAT_SIZE_OBJECT);
-			    hp[0] = HEADER_FLONUM;
-			    last_op->a[arg].type = TAG_q;
-#if defined(ARCH_64)
-			    GetInt(stp, 8, hp[1]);
-# else
-			    GetInt(stp, 4, high);
-			    GetInt(stp, 4, low);
-			    if (must_swap_floats) {
-				Uint t = high;
-				high = low;
-				low = t;
-			    }
-			    hp[1] = high;
-			    hp[2] = low;
-# endif
-			}
+                        LoadError0(stp, "please re-compile this module with an "
+                                   ERLANG_OTP_RELEASE " compiler");
 			break;
 		    case 1:	/* List. */
 			if (arg+1 != arity) {