diff --git a/FSharp.Profiles.props b/FSharp.Profiles.props
index f3e0bc12d36..534ba96c04f 100644
--- a/FSharp.Profiles.props
+++ b/FSharp.Profiles.props
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);FX_NO_WINFORMS</DefineConstants>
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);FX_NO_INDENTED_TEXT_WRITER</DefineConstants>
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);FX_REDUCED_EXCEPTIONS</DefineConstants>
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);FX_REDUCED_CONSOLE</DefineConstants>
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);FX_RESHAPED_REFEMIT</DefineConstants>
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);FX_RESHAPED_GLOBALIZATION</DefineConstants>
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);FX_RESHAPED_REFLECTION</DefineConstants>
diff --git a/src/fsharp/fsi/fsi.fs b/src/fsharp/fsi/fsi.fs
index b5341a5d64b..59c39c77b85 100644
--- a/src/fsharp/fsi/fsi.fs
+++ b/src/fsharp/fsi/fsi.fs
@@ -586,12 +586,9 @@ let internal directoryName (s:string) =
 /// Process the command line options 
 type internal FsiCommandLineOptions(fsi: FsiEvaluationSessionHostConfig, argv: string[], tcConfigB, fsiConsoleOutput: FsiConsoleOutput) = 
     let mutable enableConsoleKeyProcessing = 
-#if FX_REDUCED_CONSOLE
-        false
-#else
        // Mono on Win32 doesn't implement correct console processing
        not (runningOnMono && System.Environment.OSVersion.Platform = System.PlatformID.Win32NT) 
-#endif
+
     let mutable gui        = not runningOnMono // override via "--gui", on by default except when on Mono
 #if DEBUG
     let mutable showILCode = false // show modul il code 
@@ -1346,10 +1343,8 @@ module internal NativeMethods =
 
     type ControlEventHandler = delegate of int -> bool
 
-#if !FX_REDUCED_CONSOLE
     [<DllImport("kernel32.dll")>]
     extern bool SetConsoleCtrlHandler(ControlEventHandler _callback,bool _add)
-#endif
 
 // One strange case: when a TAE happens a strange thing 
 // occurs the next read from stdin always returns
@@ -2398,7 +2393,6 @@ type FsiEvaluationSession (fsi: FsiEvaluationSessionHostConfig, argv:string[], i
 
     let timeReporter = FsiTimeReporter(outWriter)
 
-#if !FX_REDUCED_CONSOLE
     //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Console coloring
     //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2406,7 +2400,6 @@ type FsiEvaluationSession (fsi: FsiEvaluationSessionHostConfig, argv:string[], i
     // Testing shows "console coloring" is broken on some Mono configurations (e.g. Mono 2.4 Suse LiveCD).
     // To support fsi usage, the console coloring is switched off by default on Mono.
     do if runningOnMono then enableConsoleColoring <- false 
-#endif
 
 
     //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/fsharp/fsi/fsimain.fs b/src/fsharp/fsi/fsimain.fs
index 8bb27f1c63e..56ab81077cb 100644
--- a/src/fsharp/fsi/fsimain.fs
+++ b/src/fsharp/fsi/fsimain.fs
@@ -156,16 +156,12 @@ let evaluateSession(argv: string[]) =
         Console.ReadKey() |> ignore
 #endif
 
-#if !FX_REDUCED_CONSOLE
     // When VFSI is running, set the input/output encoding to UTF8.
     // Otherwise, unicode gets lost during redirection.
     // It is required only under Net4.5 or above (with unicode console feature).
     if argv |> Array.exists (fun x -> x.Contains "fsi-server") then
         Console.InputEncoding <- System.Text.Encoding.UTF8 
         Console.OutputEncoding <- System.Text.Encoding.UTF8
-#else
-    ignore argv
-#endif
 
     try
         // Create the console reader