diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/version.rb b/Library/Homebrew/version.rb
index b55b575f3f..4232513165 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/version.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/version.rb
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ class Version
     include Comparable
 
     def self.create(val)
-      return NULL_TOKEN if val.nil?
-      return NULL_TOKEN if val.respond_to?(:null?) && val.null?
-
       raise TypeError, "Token value must be a string; got a #{val.class} (#{val})" unless val.respond_to?(:to_str)
 
       case val