diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index d1b717b4..c98c3334 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ moves_loop: // When in check search starts from here
     CheckInfo ci(pos);
     value = bestValue; // Workaround a bogus 'uninitialized' warning under gcc
     improving =   ss->staticEval >= (ss-2)->staticEval
-               || ss->staticEval == VALUE_NONE
+            /* || ss->staticEval == VALUE_NONE Already implicit in the previous condition */
                ||(ss-2)->staticEval == VALUE_NONE;
 
     singularExtensionNode =   !rootNode