diff --git a/source/common/scripting/backend/codegen.cpp b/source/common/scripting/backend/codegen.cpp
index 02f03d691..09abbe604 100644
--- a/source/common/scripting/backend/codegen.cpp
+++ b/source/common/scripting/backend/codegen.cpp
@@ -274,14 +274,6 @@ bool AreCompatiblePointerTypes(PType *dest, PType *source, bool forcompare)
 	{
 		auto fromtype = source->toPointer();
 		auto totype = dest->toPointer();
-		// implicit pointer casts
-		if( fromtype->isClassPointer() && !totype->isClassPointer() ) totype->toClassPointer(fromtype); // just to make sure they're compatible pointer types
-		else if( !fromtype->isClassPointer() && totype->isClassPointer() ) fromtype->toClassPointer(totype); // just to make sure they're compatible pointer types
-		else if( fromtype->PointedType != totype->PointedType )
-		{
-			auto res = fromtype->PointedType->toClass(totype->PointedType);
-			if(!res || res != totype->PointedType) return false;
-		}
 		// null pointers can be assigned to everything, everything can be assigned to void pointers.
 		if (fromtype == nullptr || totype == TypeVoidPtr) return true;
 		// when comparing const-ness does not matter.