diff --git a/src/edu/caltech/cs2/project07/OSMToJSON.java b/src/edu/caltech/cs2/project07/OSMToJSON.java
index 39e1e72d8d4195d8cd611ade883c76c6933d0267..7ed1b47aea8921245f6a774084cd1e4fa204154e 100644
--- a/src/edu/caltech/cs2/project07/OSMToJSON.java
+++ b/src/edu/caltech/cs2/project07/OSMToJSON.java
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ public class OSMToJSON {
     public static void readNewlineEvent(XMLEventReader reader) {
         try {
             if (reader.peek().isCharacters() &&
-                    (reader.peek().asCharacters().toString().strip().length() == 0 ||
-                            reader.peek().asCharacters().toString().strip().length() == 0)) {
+                    reader.peek().asCharacters().toString().strip().length() == 0) {
                 reader.nextEvent();
             }
         }