diff --git a/source/duke3d/src/astub.cpp b/source/duke3d/src/astub.cpp
index de82f076f..033120a34 100644
--- a/source/duke3d/src/astub.cpp
+++ b/source/duke3d/src/astub.cpp
@@ -1445,7 +1445,6 @@ static void ReadHelpFile(const char *name)
     numhelppages = i;
 
     Bfclose(fp);
-    return;
 }
 
 // why can't MSVC allocate an array of variable size?!