diff --git a/phpBB/language/en/posting.php b/phpBB/language/en/posting.php
index 4d2ce46252..1a6866d535 100644
--- a/phpBB/language/en/posting.php
+++ b/phpBB/language/en/posting.php
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ $lang = array_merge($lang, array(
 	'ATTACH_COMMENT_NO_EMOJIS'	=> 'The attachment comment contains forbidden characters (Emoji).',
 	'ATTACH_DISK_FULL'			=> 'There is not enough free disk space to post this attachment.',
 	'ATTACH_QUOTA_REACHED'		=> 'Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached.',
-	'ATTACH_DISK_FREE_SPACE'	=> 'Sorry, the PHP <samp>disk_free_space</samp> function is disabled in this system.',
 	'ATTACH_SIG'				=> 'Attach a signature (signatures can be altered via the UCP)',
 
 	'BBCODE_A_HELP'				=> 'Inline uploaded attachment: [attachment=]filename.ext[/attachment]',
diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/attachment/upload.php b/phpBB/phpbb/attachment/upload.php
index 9f18f2429f..7cd94d0858 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/attachment/upload.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/attachment/upload.php
@@ -317,16 +317,6 @@ class upload
 				return false;
 			}
 		}
-		else
-		{
-			$this->file_data['error'][] = $this->language->lang('ATTACH_DISK_FREE_SPACE');
-
-			$this->file_data['post_attach'] = false;
-
-			$this->file->remove();
-
-			return false;
-		}
 
 		return true;
 	}