diff --git a/libc/string/strcpy.cc b/libc/string/strcpy.cc
index 3e1a0eaa567827ba0ba1268a023690020fe48d03..0ff4922b8ea98d817d53901a785f2840d03e2cfb 100644
--- a/libc/string/strcpy.cc
+++ b/libc/string/strcpy.cc
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 char* strcpy(char* dest, const char* src)
 {
     char* p = dest;
-    while (*p) {
-        ++p;
-    }
     while (*src) {
         *p++ = *src++;
     }