diff --git a/tests/server/sws.c b/tests/server/sws.c
index 84a5b34b0..87a697957 100644
--- a/tests/server/sws.c
+++ b/tests/server/sws.c
@@ -585,7 +585,6 @@ static int get_request(curl_socket_t sock, struct httprequest *req)
 
   while (req->offset < REQBUFSIZ-1) {
     if(pipereq_length && pipereq) {
-    if(pipereq_length) {
       memmove(reqbuf, pipereq, pipereq_length);
       got = pipereq_length;
       pipereq_length = 0;