diff --git a/usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh b/usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh
index 5fbf62330087..6af7db3304ee 100644
--- a/usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh
+++ b/usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,4 @@ case "$1" in
 	*.bz2)
 		exec bzip2 -d -c $1	2>/dev/null
 		;;
-	*)
-		exec cat $1		2>/dev/null
-		;;
 esac