diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a6ebc2369e09132ec9403738663dafbed0537eae..26673b8a6387e83dc64a3d4c442655dcbb3ed79f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-04-19  David Lawrence Ramsey  <pooka109@gmail.com>
+
+	* files.c (tail): Remove unneeded if statement.
+
 2007-04-18  John M. Gabriele  <jmg3000@gmail.com>
 
 	* doc/faq.html: Add a new section 4.14 (with minor tweaks by
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index 966c28d61207c1cff8ba81d8468de585d9ec98d1..a50e161993241030995fbe478f406670164cd40d 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -2422,7 +2422,7 @@ const char *tail(const char *foo)
 
     if (tmp == NULL)
 	tmp = foo;
-    else if (*tmp == '/')
+    else
 	tmp++;
 
     return tmp;