diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index 5360cb558f8..4aeb3c50c92 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -1885,10 +1885,6 @@ namespace ts {
                     else if (type.flags & TypeFlags.Tuple) {
                         writeTupleType(<TupleType>type);
                     }
-                    else if (isNullableType(type) && (<UnionType>type).types.length > 2) {
-                        writeType(getNonNullableType(type), TypeFormatFlags.InElementType);
-                        writePunctuation(writer, SyntaxKind.QuestionToken);
-                    }
                     else if (type.flags & TypeFlags.UnionOrIntersection) {
                         writeUnionOrIntersectionType(<UnionOrIntersectionType>type, flags);
                     }
@@ -6531,10 +6527,6 @@ namespace ts {
                 getUnionType([nullType, undefinedType]) : nullType : undefinedType;
         }
 
-        function isNullableType(type: Type) {
-            return getNullableKind(type) === TypeFlags.Nullable;
-        }
-
         function addNullableKind(type: Type, kind: TypeFlags): Type {
             if ((getNullableKind(type) & kind) !== kind) {
                 const types = [type];