diff --git a/Lib/python/pytypemaps.swg b/Lib/python/pytypemaps.swg
index 119bf0e1e..aad9bacd7 100644
--- a/Lib/python/pytypemaps.swg
+++ b/Lib/python/pytypemaps.swg
@@ -68,12 +68,6 @@
  *  Python extra typemaps / typemap overrides
  * ------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
-%typemap(typecheck,precedence=SWIG_TYPECHECK_POINTER,noblock=1) SWIGTYPE *const& {
-  void *vptr = 0;
-  int res = SWIG_ConvertPtr($input, &vptr, $*descriptor, 0);
-  $1 = SWIG_CheckState(res);
-}
-
 /* Get the address of the 'python self' object */
 
 %typemap(in,numinputs=0,noblock=1) PyObject **PYTHON_SELF {