diff --git a/src/nvim/eval.c b/src/nvim/eval.c
index fed5b01538..ec90803884 100644
--- a/src/nvim/eval.c
+++ b/src/nvim/eval.c
@@ -949,8 +949,7 @@ int skip_expr(char **pp, evalarg_T *const evalarg)
 
 /// Convert "tv" to a string.
 ///
-/// @param convert  when true convert a List into a sequence of lines and convert
-///                 a Float to a String.
+/// @param convert  when true convert a List into a sequence of lines.
 ///
 /// @return  an allocated string.
 static char *typval2string(typval_T *tv, bool convert)
@@ -967,20 +966,14 @@ static char *typval2string(typval_T *tv, bool convert)
     ga_append(&ga, NUL);
     return (char *)ga.ga_data;
   }
-  if (convert && tv->v_type == VAR_FLOAT) {
-    char numbuf[NUMBUFLEN];
-    vim_snprintf(numbuf, NUMBUFLEN, "%g", tv->vval.v_float);
-    return xstrdup(numbuf);
-  }
   return xstrdup(tv_get_string(tv));
 }
 
 /// Top level evaluation function, returning a string.
 ///
-/// @param convert  when true convert a List into a sequence of lines and convert
-///                 a Float to a String.
+/// @param convert  when true convert a List into a sequence of lines.
 ///
-/// @return         pointer to allocated memory, or NULL for failure.
+/// @return  pointer to allocated memory, or NULL for failure.
 char *eval_to_string(char *arg, bool convert)
 {
   typval_T tv;