1 files changed, 5 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/objectivec/GPBCodedOutputStream.m b/objectivec/GPBCodedOutputStream.m
index 63ba8068..251a159c 100644
--- a/objectivec/GPBCodedOutputStream.m
+++ b/objectivec/GPBCodedOutputStream.m
@@ -144,22 +144,6 @@ static void GPBWriteRawLittleEndian64(GPBOutputBufferState *state,
   GPBWriteRawByte(state, (int32_t)(value >> 56) & 0xFF);
 }
 
-#if defined(DEBUG) && DEBUG && !defined(NS_BLOCK_ASSERTIONS)
-+ (void)load {
-  // This test exists to verify that CFStrings with embedded NULLs will work
-  // for us. If this Assert fails, all code below that depends on
-  // CFStringGetCStringPtr will NOT work properly on strings that contain
-  // embedded NULLs, and we do get that in some protobufs.
-  // Note that this will not be compiled in release.
-  // We didn't feel that just keeping it in a unit test was sufficient because
-  // the Protobuf unit tests are only run when somebody is actually working
-  // on protobufs.
-  CFStringRef zeroTest = CFSTR("Test\0String");
-  const char *cString = CFStringGetCStringPtr(zeroTest, kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
-  NSAssert(cString == NULL, @"Serious Error");
-}
-#endif  // DEBUG && !defined(NS_BLOCK_ASSERTIONS)
-
 - (void)dealloc {
   [self flush];
   [state_.output close];
@@ -282,19 +266,15 @@ static void GPBWriteRawLittleEndian64(GPBOutputBufferState *state,
 }
 
 - (void)writeStringNoTag:(const NSString *)value {
-  // If you are concerned about embedded NULLs see the test in
-  // +load above.
-  const char *quickString =
-      CFStringGetCStringPtr((CFStringRef)value, kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
-  size_t length = (quickString != NULL)
-                      ? strlen(quickString)
-                      : [value lengthOfBytesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+  size_t length = [value lengthOfBytesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
   GPBWriteRawVarint32(&state_, (int32_t)length);
-
   if (length == 0) {
     return;
   }
 
+  const char *quickString =
+      CFStringGetCStringPtr((CFStringRef)value, kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
+
   // Fast path: Most strings are short, if the buffer already has space,
   // add to it directly.
   NSUInteger bufferBytesLeft = state_.size - state_.position;
@@ -1038,14 +1018,7 @@ size_t GPBComputeBoolSizeNoTag(BOOL value) {
 }
 
 size_t GPBComputeStringSizeNoTag(NSString *value) {
-  // If you are concerned about embedded NULLs see the test in
-  // +load above.
-  const char *quickString =
-      CFStringGetCStringPtr((CFStringRef)value, kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
-  NSUInteger length =
-      (quickString != NULL)
-          ? strlen(quickString)
-          : [value lengthOfBytesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+  NSUInteger length = [value lengthOfBytesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
   return GPBComputeRawVarint32SizeForInteger(length) + length;
 }