diff --git a/lib/private/Utils.js b/lib/private/Utils.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/private/Utils.js
+++ b/lib/private/Utils.js
@@ -81,10 +81,6 @@ class Ordinal {
             throw new TypeError(ordinalData);
         }
 
-        if (!(this instanceof Ordinal)) {
-            return new Ordinal(ordinalData);
-        }
-
         /**
          * @private
          * @type {Number|String}
remove meaningless code. Class syntax forces 'new'