diff --git a/src/strings.cpp b/src/strings.cpp
--- a/src/strings.cpp
+++ b/src/strings.cpp
@@ -801,10 +801,6 @@ static char *FormatString(char *buff, co
 				break;
 			}
 
-			case SCC_SKIP: // {SKIP}
-				argv++;
-				break;
-
 			/* This sets up the gender for the string.
 			 * We just ignore this one. It's used in {G 0 Der Die Das} to determine the case. */
 			case SCC_GENDER_INDEX: // {GENDER 0}
diff --git a/src/table/control_codes.h b/src/table/control_codes.h
--- a/src/table/control_codes.h
+++ b/src/table/control_codes.h
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ enum StringControlCode {
 	SCC_STRING4,
 	SCC_STRING5,
 
-	SCC_SKIP,
 	SCC_STRING,
 	SCC_COMMA,
 	SCC_NUM,
diff --git a/src/table/strgen_tables.h b/src/table/strgen_tables.h
--- a/src/table/strgen_tables.h
+++ b/src/table/strgen_tables.h
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@ static const CmdStruct _cmd_structs[] = 
 	{"DATE_LONG",       EmitSingleChar, SCC_DATE_LONG,          1, C_NONE},
 	{"DATE_ISO",        EmitSingleChar, SCC_DATE_ISO,           1, C_NONE},
 
-	{"SKIP",            EmitSingleChar, SCC_SKIP,               1, C_NONE},
-
 	{"STRING",          EmitSingleChar, SCC_STRING,             1, C_CASE},
 	{"RAW_STRING",      EmitSingleChar, SCC_RAW_STRING_POINTER, 1, C_NONE},