From 7523a5e97f94c2ee194d9008d5a887fc4d029ce0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Turansky <victor.turansky@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2021 06:13:52 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] KT-40235 Fix external interface companion support

---
 .../irToJs/IrElementToJsExpressionTransformer.kt           | 7 -------
 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/transformers/irToJs/IrElementToJsExpressionTransformer.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/transformers/irToJs/IrElementToJsExpressionTransformer.kt
index 2889b4cc274..9cdb0b6933a 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/transformers/irToJs/IrElementToJsExpressionTransformer.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/transformers/irToJs/IrElementToJsExpressionTransformer.kt
@@ -111,13 +111,6 @@ class IrElementToJsExpressionTransformer : BaseIrElementToJsNodeTransformer<JsEx
         assert(obj.kind == ClassKind.OBJECT)
         assert(obj.isEffectivelyExternal()) { "Non external IrGetObjectValue must be lowered" }
 
-        // External interfaces cannot normally have companion objects.
-        // However, stdlib uses them to simulate string literal unions
-        // TODO: Stop abusing this tech
-        if (obj.isCompanion && obj.parentAsClass.isInterface) {
-            return JsNullLiteral()
-        }
-
         return context.getRefForExternalClass(obj)
     }