diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/constfold.c b/tools/qfcc/source/constfold.c
index e7c037deb..f46d1a452 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/constfold.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/constfold.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ do_op_float (int op, expr_t *e, expr_t *e1, expr_t *e2)
 	if (!valid_op (op, valid))
 		return error (e1, "invalid operator for float");
 
-	if (op == '=' || op == PAS) {
+	if (op == '=') {
 		if ((type = get_type (e1)) != &type_float) {
 			//FIXME optimize casting a constant
 			e->e.expr.e2 = e2 = cf_cast_expr (type, e2);
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ do_op_double (int op, expr_t *e, expr_t *e1, expr_t *e2)
 	if (!valid_op (op, valid))
 		return error (e1, "invalid operator for double");
 
-	if (op == '=' || op == PAS) {
+	if (op == '=') {
 		if ((type = get_type (e1)) != &type_double) {
 			//FIXME optimize casting a constant
 			e->e.expr.e2 = e2 = cf_cast_expr (type, e2);
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ static expr_t *
 do_op_pointer (int op, expr_t *e, expr_t *e1, expr_t *e2)
 {
 	type_t     *type;
-	static int  valid[] = {'=', PAS, '-', '&', 'M', '.', EQ, NE, 0};
+	static int  valid[] = {'=', '-', '&', 'M', '.', EQ, NE, 0};
 
 	if (is_integral (type = get_type (e2)) && (op == '-' || op == '+')) {
 		// pointer arithmetic
@@ -640,26 +640,13 @@ do_op_pointer (int op, expr_t *e, expr_t *e1, expr_t *e2)
 			e = binary_expr ('/', e, new_integer_expr (type_size (type)));
 		return e;
 	}
-	if (op == PAS && (type = get_type (e1)->t.fldptr.type) != get_type (e2)) {
-		// make sure auto-convertions happen
-		expr_t     *tmp = new_temp_def_expr (type);
-		expr_t     *ass = new_binary_expr ('=', tmp, e2);
-
-		tmp->file = e1->file;
-		ass->line = e2->line;
-		ass->file = e2->file;
-		ass = fold_constants (ass);
-		if (e->e.expr.e2 == tmp)
-			internal_error (e2, 0);
-		e->e.expr.e2 = ass->e.expr.e2;
-	}
 	if (op == EQ || op == NE) {
 		if (options.code.progsversion > PROG_ID_VERSION)
 			e->e.expr.type = &type_integer;
 		else
 			e->e.expr.type = &type_float;
 	}
-	if (op != PAS && op != '.' && op != '&' && op != 'M'
+	if (op != '.' && op != '&' && op != 'M'
 		&& extract_type (e1) != extract_type (e2))
 		return type_mismatch (e1, e2, op);
 	if ((op == '.' || op == '&') && get_type (e2) == &type_uinteger)
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/dot_expr.c b/tools/qfcc/source/dot_expr.c
index c81d982cc..76bd21089 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/dot_expr.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/dot_expr.c
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ const char *
 get_op_string (int op)
 {
 	switch (op) {
-		case PAS:	return ".=";
 		case OR:	return "||";
 		case AND:	return "&&";
 		case EQ:	return "==";
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/expr_bool.c b/tools/qfcc/source/expr_bool.c
index 7f7fdbfee..74f8d24de 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/expr_bool.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/expr_bool.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ convert_bool (expr_t *e, int block)
 {
 	expr_t     *b;
 
-	if (e->type == ex_expr && (e->e.expr.op == '=' || e->e.expr.op == PAS)) {
+	if (e->type == ex_expr && e->e.expr.op == '=') {
 		expr_t     *src;
 		if (!e->paren && options.warnings.precedence)
 			warning (e, "suggest parentheses around assignment "
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y
index 9fe7fbbd2..6ca42392c 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ int yylex (void);
 %nonassoc STORAGEX
 
 %left			COMMA
-%right	<op>	'=' ASX PAS /* pointer assign */
+%right	<op>	'=' ASX
 %right			'?' ':'
 %left			OR
 %left			AND
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/statements.c b/tools/qfcc/source/statements.c
index 4a3aff674..1ac0311a5 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/statements.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/statements.c
@@ -440,7 +440,6 @@ static const char *
 convert_op (int op)
 {
 	switch (op) {
-		case PAS:	return ".=";
 		case OR:	return "||";
 		case AND:	return "&&";
 		case EQ:	return "==";
@@ -662,14 +661,12 @@ expr_assign_copy (sblock_t *sblock, expr_t *e, operand_t **op)
 	int         need_ptr = 0;
 	operand_t  *dummy;
 
-	if (src_expr->type == ex_expr
-		&& (src_expr->e.expr.op == '=' || src_expr->e.expr.op == PAS)) {
+	if (src_expr->type == ex_expr && src_expr->e.expr.op == '=') {
 		sblock = statement_subexpr (sblock, src_expr, &dummy);
 	}
 	// follow the assignment chain to find the actual source expression
 	// (can't take the address of an assignment)
-	while (src_expr->type == ex_expr
-		   && (src_expr->e.expr.op == '=' || src_expr->e.expr.op == PAS)) {
+	while (src_expr->type == ex_expr && src_expr->e.expr.op == '=') {
 		src_expr = src_expr->e.expr.e2;
 	}
 	if (src_expr->type == ex_nil) {
@@ -743,22 +740,6 @@ expr_assign (sblock_t *sblock, expr_t *e, operand_t **op)
 		if (src == dst)
 			return sblock;
 		type = st_assign;
-	} else {
-		//FIXME this sucks. find a better way to handle both pointer
-		//dereferences and pointer assignements
-		sblock = statement_subexpr (sblock, src_expr, &src);
-		if (dst_expr->type == ex_expr
-			&& extract_type (dst_expr->e.expr.e1) == ev_pointer
-			&& !is_constant (dst_expr->e.expr.e1)) {
-			sblock = statement_subexpr (sblock, dst_expr->e.expr.e1, &dst);
-			sblock = statement_subexpr (sblock, dst_expr->e.expr.e2, &ofs);
-		} else {
-			sblock = statement_subexpr (sblock, dst_expr, &dst);
-			ofs = 0;
-		}
-		if (op)
-			*op = src;
-		type = st_ptrassign;
 	}
 	s = new_statement (type, opcode, e);
 	s->opa = src;
@@ -1059,7 +1040,6 @@ expr_expr (sblock_t *sblock, expr_t *e, operand_t **op)
 			sblock = expr_call (sblock, e, op);
 			break;
 		case '=':
-		case PAS:
 			sblock = expr_assign (sblock, e, op);
 			break;
 		case 'm':
@@ -1506,7 +1486,6 @@ statement_expr (sblock_t *sblock, expr_t *e)
 			sblock = statement_branch (sblock, e);
 			break;
 		case '=':
-		case PAS:
 			sblock = expr_assign (sblock, e, 0);
 			break;
 		case 'm':