diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6b8546cedd..28bcd991e3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ Fri Nov  7 07:12:06 2008  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 	* thread_pthread.c (thread_timer): uses pthread_cond_timedwait always
 	  instead of pthread_kill.
 
+Fri Nov  7 06:58:59 2008  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* string.c (Init_String): remove Symbol#===.  [ruby-dev:37026]
+
 Fri Nov  7 04:02:22 2008  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* thread.c (thread_timer): uses timedwait on cygwin.
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index eb4625f495..08f3cdbf5c 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -6941,13 +6941,6 @@ sym_match(VALUE sym, VALUE other)
     return rb_str_match(rb_sym_to_s(sym), other);
 }
 
-static VALUE
-sym_eqq(VALUE sym, VALUE other)
-{
-    if (sym == other) return Qtrue;
-    return rb_str_equal(rb_sym_to_s(sym), other);
-}
-
 static VALUE
 sym_aref(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE sym)
 {
@@ -7188,7 +7181,6 @@ Init_String(void)
     rb_define_method(rb_cSymbol, "<=>", sym_cmp, 1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cSymbol, "casecmp", sym_casecmp, 1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cSymbol, "=~", sym_match, 1);
-    rb_define_method(rb_cSymbol, "===", sym_eqq, 1);
 
     rb_define_method(rb_cSymbol, "[]", sym_aref, -1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cSymbol, "slice", sym_aref, -1);