diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index e976274f..26010108 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -1033,8 +1033,7 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
           // search without the ttMove. So we assume this expected Cut-node is not singular,
           // that multiple moves fail high, and we can prune the whole subtree by returning
           // a soft bound.
-          else if (   eval >= beta
-                   && singularBeta >= beta)
+          else if (singularBeta >= beta)
               return singularBeta;
       }