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diff --git a/Lib/tarfile.py b/Lib/tarfile.py
index 9ca8494fdc..a888d692de 100644
--- a/Lib/tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tarfile.py
@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@ import struct
import copy
import re
-if sys.platform == 'mac':
- # This module needs work for MacOS9, especially in the area of pathname
- # handling. In many places it is assumed a simple substitution of / by the
- # local os.path.sep is good enough to convert pathnames, but this does not
- # work with the mac rooted:path:name versus :nonrooted:path:name syntax
- raise ImportError("tarfile does not work for platform==mac")
-
try:
import grp, pwd
except ImportError: