diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index 9692dfa325b..794394480c8 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ static void wt_status_print_updated_cb(struct diff_queue_struct *q,
 	struct wt_status *s = data;
 	int shown_header = 0;
 	int i;
-	if (q->nr) {
-	}
 	for (i = 0; i < q->nr; i++) {
 		if (q->queue[i]->status == 'U')
 			continue;