1 files changed, 0 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/bcprov/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/DERApplicationSpecific.java b/bcprov/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/DERApplicationSpecific.java
index 5b59288..85d9843 100644
--- a/bcprov/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/DERApplicationSpecific.java
+++ b/bcprov/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/DERApplicationSpecific.java
@@ -103,15 +103,6 @@ public class DERApplicationSpecific
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("failed to construct object from byte[]: " + e.getMessage());
             }
         }
-        else if (obj instanceof ASN1Encodable)
-        {
-            ASN1Primitive primitive = ((ASN1Encodable)obj).toASN1Primitive();
-
-            if (primitive instanceof ASN1Sequence)
-            {
-                return (DERApplicationSpecific)primitive;
-            }
-        }
 
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("unknown object in getInstance: " + obj.getClass().getName());
     }