diff --git a/gc.c b/gc.c
index b83a91e54e6727..73a640f7fa6df0 100644
--- a/gc.c
+++ b/gc.c
@@ -201,11 +201,7 @@ rb_gc_worker_thread_set_vm_context(struct rb_gc_vm_context *context)
     GC_ASSERT(rb_current_execution_context(false) == NULL);
 
 #ifdef RB_THREAD_LOCAL_SPECIFIER
-# ifdef __APPLE__
     rb_current_ec_set(context->ec);
-# else
-    ruby_current_ec = context->ec;
-# endif
 #else
     native_tls_set(ruby_current_ec_key, context->ec);
 #endif
@@ -219,11 +215,7 @@ rb_gc_worker_thread_unset_vm_context(struct rb_gc_vm_context *context)
     GC_ASSERT(rb_current_execution_context(true) == context->ec);
 
 #ifdef RB_THREAD_LOCAL_SPECIFIER
-# ifdef __APPLE__
     rb_current_ec_set(NULL);
-# else
-    ruby_current_ec = NULL;
-# endif
 #else
     native_tls_set(ruby_current_ec_key, NULL);
 #endif
diff --git a/ractor_core.h b/ractor_core.h
index c5ca883d3151ca..7327e714f8e7f2 100644
--- a/ractor_core.h
+++ b/ractor_core.h
@@ -311,13 +311,7 @@ static inline void
 rb_ractor_set_current_ec_(rb_ractor_t *cr, rb_execution_context_t *ec, const char *file, int line)
 {
 #ifdef RB_THREAD_LOCAL_SPECIFIER
-
-# ifdef __APPLE__
     rb_current_ec_set(ec);
-# else
-    ruby_current_ec = ec;
-# endif
-
 #else
     native_tls_set(ruby_current_ec_key, ec);
 #endif