diff --git a/CoreFoundation/Base.subproj/CFUUID.c b/CoreFoundation/Base.subproj/CFUUID.c
index e5d78b48e2..22ed0d0911 100644
--- a/CoreFoundation/Base.subproj/CFUUID.c
+++ b/CoreFoundation/Base.subproj/CFUUID.c
@@ -166,8 +166,6 @@ CFUUIDRef CFUUIDCreate(CFAllocatorRef alloc) {
         if (useV1UUIDs == 1) uuid_generate_time(uuid); else uuid_generate_random(uuid);
         memcpy((void *)&bytes, uuid, sizeof(uuid));
 #else
-        //This bzero works around <rdar://problem/23381916>. It isn't actually needed, since the function will simply return NULL on this deployment target, anyway.
-        bzero(&bytes, sizeof(bytes));
         retval = 1;
 #endif
     });