diff --git a/Zend/tests/closure_015.phpt b/Zend/tests/closure_015.phpt
index d21aca5721f..33c732d7237 100644
--- a/Zend/tests/closure_015.phpt
+++ b/Zend/tests/closure_015.phpt
@@ -2,12 +2,18 @@
 Closure 015: converting to string/unicode
 --FILE--
 <?php
+set_error_handler('myErrorHandler', E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR);
+function myErrorHandler($errno, $errstr, $errfile, $errline) {
+  echo "Error: $errstr at $errfile($errline)\n";
+  return true;
+}
 $x = function() { return 1; };
 print (string) $x;
 print "\n";
 print $x;
 print "\n";
 ?>
---EXPECT--
-Closure object
-Closure object
+--EXPECTF--
+Error: Object of class Closure could not be converted to string at %sclosure_015.php(8)
+
+Error: Object of class Closure could not be converted to string at %sclosure_015.php(10)
diff --git a/Zend/zend_closures.c b/Zend/zend_closures.c
index 2b5d1029d56..04821e330ae 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_closures.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_closures.c
@@ -85,26 +85,6 @@ static int zend_closure_compare_objects(zval *o1, zval *o2 TSRMLS_DC) /* {{{ */
 }
 /* }}} */
 
-static int zend_closure_cast_object_tostring(zval *readobj, zval *writeobj, int type TSRMLS_DC) /* {{{ */
-{
-	zend_class_entry *ce;
-
-	switch (type) {
-		case IS_STRING:
-			INIT_PZVAL(writeobj);
-			ZVAL_STRINGL(writeobj, ZEND_CLOSURE_PRINT_NAME, sizeof(ZEND_CLOSURE_PRINT_NAME)-1, 1);
-			return SUCCESS;
-		default:
-			ce = Z_OBJCE_P(readobj);
-			zend_error(E_NOTICE, "Object of class %s could not be converted to %s", ce->name, zend_get_type_by_const(type));
-			INIT_PZVAL(writeobj);
-			Z_TYPE_P(writeobj) = IS_NULL;
-			break;
-	}
-	return FAILURE;
-}
-/* }}} */
-
 static zend_function *zend_closure_get_method(zval **object_ptr, char *method_name, int method_len TSRMLS_DC) /* {{{ */
 {
 	char *lc_name;
@@ -226,7 +206,6 @@ void zend_register_closure_ce(TSRMLS_D) /* {{{ */
 	closure_handlers.has_property = zend_closure_has_property;
 	closure_handlers.unset_property = zend_closure_unset_property;
 	closure_handlers.compare_objects = zend_closure_compare_objects;
-	closure_handlers.cast_object = zend_closure_cast_object_tostring;
 	closure_handlers.clone_obj = NULL;
 }
 /* }}} */