diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index e5065fa9aaa..7d18423f30a 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-04-28  Bryce McKinlay  <bryce@albatross.co.nz>
+
+	* libjava/java/lang/String.java (toString): Remove `final' hack.
+
 2000-04-05  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>
 
 	Runtime support for PR gcj/2:
diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/String.java b/libjava/java/lang/String.java
index 272f3e29a4d..7ab96f49aa8 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/String.java
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/String.java
@@ -115,9 +115,6 @@ public final class String
 
   public String toString ()
   {
-    // because String is final, we actually get this far on a null reference
-    if (this == null)
-      throw new NullPointerException();
     return this;
   }