2 files changed, 4 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/backends/platform/sdl/riscos/riscos.cpp b/backends/platform/sdl/riscos/riscos.cpp
index 3cd9616585..a0173ed653 100644
--- a/backends/platform/sdl/riscos/riscos.cpp
+++ b/backends/platform/sdl/riscos/riscos.cpp
@@ -119,24 +119,14 @@ Common::String OSystem_RISCOS::getDefaultConfigFileName() {
 	return "/<Choices$Write>/ScummVM/scummvmrc";
 }
 
-Common::WriteStream *OSystem_RISCOS::createLogFile() {
-	// Start out by resetting _logFilePath, so that in case
-	// of a failure, we know that no log file is open.
-	_logFilePath.clear();
-
+Common::String OSystem_RISCOS::getDefaultLogFileName() {
 	Common::String logFile = "/<Choices$Write>/ScummVM/Logs";
 
 	if (!Riscos::assureDirectoryExists(logFile)) {
-		return 0;
+		return Common::String();
 	}
 
-	logFile += "/scummvm";
-
-	Common::FSNode file(logFile);
-	Common::WriteStream *stream = file.createWriteStream();
-	if (stream)
-		_logFilePath = logFile;
-	return stream;
+	return logFile + "/scummvm";
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/backends/platform/sdl/riscos/riscos.h b/backends/platform/sdl/riscos/riscos.h
index 49ac5a2264..7abeb4f8ef 100644
--- a/backends/platform/sdl/riscos/riscos.h
+++ b/backends/platform/sdl/riscos/riscos.h
@@ -37,18 +37,8 @@ public:
 	virtual void logMessage(LogMessageType::Type type, const char *message);
 
 protected:
-	/**
-	 * The path of the currently open log file, if any.
-	 *
-	 * @note This is currently a string and not an FSNode for simplicity;
-	 * e.g. we don't need to include fs.h here, and currently the
-	 * only use of this value is to use it to open the log file in an
-	 * editor; for that, we need it only as a string anyway.
-	 */
-	Common::String _logFilePath;
-
 	virtual Common::String getDefaultConfigFileName();
-	virtual Common::WriteStream *createLogFile();
+	virtual Common::String getDefaultLogFileName();
 };
 
 #endif