diff --git a/lisp/comint.el b/lisp/comint.el
index a71821baa5e..d21cc1378f7 100644
--- a/lisp/comint.el
+++ b/lisp/comint.el
@@ -2072,20 +2072,6 @@ Make backspaces delete the previous character."
 	    (goto-char (process-mark process))
 	    (set-marker comint-last-output-start (point))
 
-            ;; Try to skip repeated prompts, which can occur as a result of
-            ;; commands sent without inserting them in the buffer.
-            (let ((bol (save-excursion (forward-line 0) (point)))) ;No fields.
-              (when (and (not (bolp))
-                         (looking-back comint-prompt-regexp bol))
-                (let* ((prompt (buffer-substring bol (point)))
-                       (prompt-re (concat "\\`" (regexp-quote prompt))))
-                  (while (string-match prompt-re string)
-                    (setq string (substring string (match-end 0)))))))
-            (while (string-match (concat "\\(^" comint-prompt-regexp
-                                         "\\)\\1+")
-                                 string)
-              (setq string (replace-match "\\1" nil nil string)))
-
 	    ;; insert-before-markers is a bad thing. XXX
 	    ;; Luckily we don't have to use it any more, we use
 	    ;; window-point-insertion-type instead.