diff --git a/src/vim9instr.c b/src/vim9instr.c
index f7b074c..8ee9e7c 100644
--- a/src/vim9instr.c
+++ b/src/vim9instr.c
@@ -2039,17 +2039,14 @@
 
 /*
  * Generate an ISN_DEFER instruction.
- * "obj_method" is one for "obj.Method()", zero otherwise.
  */
     int
-generate_DEFER(cctx_T *cctx, int var_idx, int obj_method, int argcount)
+generate_DEFER(cctx_T *cctx, int var_idx, int argcount)
 {
     isn_T *isn;
 
     RETURN_OK_IF_SKIP(cctx);
-    if ((isn = generate_instr_drop(cctx,
-		    obj_method == 0 ? ISN_DEFER : ISN_DEFEROBJ,
-		    argcount + 1)) == NULL)
+    if ((isn = generate_instr_drop(cctx, ISN_DEFER, argcount + 1)) == NULL)
 	return FAIL;
     isn->isn_arg.defer.defer_var_idx = var_idx;
     isn->isn_arg.defer.defer_argcount = argcount;
@@ -2711,7 +2708,6 @@
 	case ISN_COND2BOOL:
 	case ISN_DEBUG:
 	case ISN_DEFER:
-	case ISN_DEFEROBJ:
 	case ISN_DROP:
 	case ISN_ECHO:
 	case ISN_ECHOCONSOLE: