diff --git a/profile.c b/profile.c
index bf923447..41c70fca 100644
--- a/profile.c
+++ b/profile.c
@@ -232,22 +232,6 @@ profile_new (StackStash *stash)
     return profile;
 }
 
-static gboolean
-fold_recursion (gpointer address)
-{
-    /* This is a hack.
-     *
-     * The correct way to do it would be to have the address
-     * be a pointer to more information about the symbol; that
-     * way we could also do things like change the font.
-     *
-     * The problem with that is that we can't compatibly add
-     * this information to saved files, and we can't compute it
-     * without access to the processes who generated it.
-     */
-    return strncmp (address, "In file", 7) != 0;
-}
-
 static void
 add_trace_to_tree (GList *trace, gint size, gpointer data)
 {
@@ -276,7 +260,7 @@ add_trace_to_tree (GList *trace, gint size, gpointer data)
 	    }
 	}
 	
-	if (!match && fold_recursion (address))
+	if (!match)
 	{
 	    /* Have we seen this object further up the tree? */
 	    for (match = parent; match != NULL; match = match->parent)