diff --git a/src/xkb/XKBCvt.c b/src/xkb/XKBCvt.c
index 5317a0a5..77d09a3d 100644
--- a/src/xkb/XKBCvt.c
+++ b/src/xkb/XKBCvt.c
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ _XkbHandleSpecialSym(KeySym keysym, char *buffer, int nbytes, int *extra_rtrn)
     /* if X keysym, convert to ascii by grabbing low 7 bits */
     if (keysym == XK_KP_Space)
         buffer[0] = XK_space & 0x7F;            /* patch encoding botch */
-    else if (keysym == XK_hyphen)
-        buffer[0] = (char) (XK_minus & 0xFF);   /* map to equiv character */
     else
         buffer[0] = (char) (keysym & 0x7F);
     return 1;