diff --git a/compiler/main.v b/compiler/main.v
index 6e3c6ad53b..decbfe90e2 100644
--- a/compiler/main.v
+++ b/compiler/main.v
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ mut:
 	is_prod        bool // use "-O2"
 	is_verbose     bool // print extra information with `v.log()`
 	obfuscate      bool // `v -obf program.v`, renames functions to "f_XXX"
-	is_play        bool // playground mode
 	is_repl        bool
 	is_run         bool
 	show_c_cmd     bool // `v -show_c_cmd` prints the C command to build program.v.c
@@ -239,9 +238,6 @@ fn (v mut V) compile() {
 	}
 	// Main pass
 	cgen.pass = Pass.main
-	if v.pref.is_play {
-		cgen.genln('#define VPLAY (1) ')
-	}
 	if v.pref.is_debug {
 		cgen.genln('#define VDEBUG (1) ')
 	}
@@ -785,7 +781,6 @@ fn new_v(args[]string) *V {
 		is_test: is_test
 		is_script: is_script
 		is_so: args.contains('-shared')
-		is_play: args.contains('play')
 		is_prod: args.contains('-prod')
 		is_verbose: args.contains('-verbose')
 		is_debuggable: args.contains('-g') // -debuggable implys debug
@@ -806,9 +801,6 @@ fn new_v(args[]string) *V {
 	if pref.is_verbose || pref.is_debug {
 		println('C compiler=$pref.ccompiler')
 	}
-	if pref.is_play {
-		println('Playground')
-	}
 	if pref.is_so {
 		out_name_c = out_name.all_after('/') + '_shared_lib.c'
 	}
diff --git a/compiler/parser.v b/compiler/parser.v
index 2712721d23..dfccf86aaf 100644
--- a/compiler/parser.v
+++ b/compiler/parser.v
@@ -1458,11 +1458,6 @@ fn (p mut Parser) name_expr() string {
 	if ptr || deref {
 		p.next()
 	}
-	if deref {
-		if p.pref.is_play && !p.builtin_mod {
-			p.error('dereferencing is temporarily disabled on the playground, will be fixed soon')
-		}
-	}
 	mut name := p.lit
 	p.fgen(name)
 	// known_type := p.table.known_type(name)
@@ -1840,7 +1835,6 @@ struct $typ.name {
 		}
 		if !p.builtin_mod && p.mod != typ.mod {
 		}
-		// if p.pref.is_play && field.access_mod ==.private && !p.builtin_mod && p.mod != typ.mod {
 		// Don't allow `arr.data`
 		if field.access_mod == .private && !p.builtin_mod && !p.pref.translated && p.mod != typ.mod {
 			// println('$typ.name :: $field.name ')
diff --git a/compiler/table.v b/compiler/table.v
index 81c7bd7d89..3938b8651f 100644
--- a/compiler/table.v
+++ b/compiler/table.v
@@ -531,10 +531,6 @@ fn (p mut Parser) _check_types(got_, expected_ string, throw bool) bool {
 	}
 	// Todo void* allows everything right now
 	if got=='void*' || expected=='void*' {// || got == 'cvoid' || expected == 'cvoid' {
-		// if !p.builtin_mod {
-		if p.pref.is_play {
-			return false
-		}
 		return true
 	}
 	// TODO only allow numeric consts to be assigned to bytes, and
@@ -570,20 +566,18 @@ fn (p mut Parser) _check_types(got_, expected_ string, throw bool) bool {
 		return true
 	}
 	// NsColor* return 0
-	if !p.pref.is_play {
-		if expected.ends_with('*') && got == 'int' {
-			return true
-		}
-		// if got == 'T' || got.contains('<T>') {
-		// return true
-		// }
-		// if expected == 'T' || expected.contains('<T>') {
-		// return true
-		// }
-		// Allow pointer arithmetic
-		if expected=='void*' && got=='int' {
-			return true
-		}
+	if expected.ends_with('*') && got == 'int' {
+		return true
+	}
+	// if got == 'T' || got.contains('<T>') {
+	// return true
+	// }
+	// if expected == 'T' || expected.contains('<T>') {
+	// return true
+	// }
+	// Allow pointer arithmetic
+	if expected=='void*' && got=='int' {
+		return true
 	}
 	expected = expected.replace('*', '')
 	got = got.replace('*', '')