diff --git a/src/osd/sdl/sdlfile.c b/src/osd/sdl/sdlfile.c
index 8904f9faa39..542e2408b82 100644
--- a/src/osd/sdl/sdlfile.c
+++ b/src/osd/sdl/sdlfile.c
@@ -246,21 +246,6 @@ file_error osd_open(const char *path, UINT32 openflags, osd_file **file, UINT64
 	}
 
 	// get the file size
-	#ifdef SDLMAME_EMSCRIPTEN
-	//the fstat approach does not work on emscripten, work around for now
-	FILE *fileptr;
-	fileptr = fdopen((*file)->handle,"rb");
-	if (fileptr == NULL)
-	{
-		*filesize = 0;
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		fseek(fileptr, 0, SEEK_END);
-		*filesize = ftell(fileptr);
-		fseek(fileptr, 0, SEEK_SET);
-	}
-	#else
 	#if defined(SDLMAME_DARWIN) || defined(SDLMAME_WIN32) || defined(SDLMAME_NO64BITIO) || defined(SDLMAME_BSD) || defined(SDLMAME_OS2) || defined(SDLMAME_HAIKU)
 	fstat((*file)->handle, &st);
 	#else
@@ -268,7 +253,6 @@ file_error osd_open(const char *path, UINT32 openflags, osd_file **file, UINT64
 	#endif
 
 	*filesize = (UINT64)st.st_size;
-	#endif
 
 
 error: