diff --git a/src/common/crypto.c b/src/common/crypto.c
index 55f816a39f..41c775eb41 100644
--- a/src/common/crypto.c
+++ b/src/common/crypto.c
@@ -1782,22 +1782,20 @@ crypto_set_tls_dh_prime(void)
     dh_param_p_tls = NULL;
   }
 
-  if (1) {
-    tls_prime = BN_new();
-    tor_assert(tls_prime);
+  tls_prime = BN_new();
+  tor_assert(tls_prime);
 
-    /* This is the 1024-bit safe prime that Apache uses for its DH stuff; see
-     * modules/ssl/ssl_engine_dh.c; Apache also uses a generator of 2 with this
-     * prime.
-     */
-    r =BN_hex2bn(&tls_prime,
-                 "D67DE440CBBBDC1936D693D34AFD0AD50C84D239A45F520BB88174CB98"
-                 "BCE951849F912E639C72FB13B4B4D7177E16D55AC179BA420B2A29FE324A"
-                 "467A635E81FF5901377BEDDCFD33168A461AAD3B72DAE8860078045B07A7"
-                 "DBCA7874087D1510EA9FCC9DDD330507DD62DB88AEAA747DE0F4D6E2BD68"
-                 "B0E7393E0F24218EB3");
-    tor_assert(r);
-  }
+  /* This is the 1024-bit safe prime that Apache uses for its DH stuff; see
+   * modules/ssl/ssl_engine_dh.c; Apache also uses a generator of 2 with this
+   * prime.
+   */
+  r = BN_hex2bn(&tls_prime,
+               "D67DE440CBBBDC1936D693D34AFD0AD50C84D239A45F520BB88174CB98"
+               "BCE951849F912E639C72FB13B4B4D7177E16D55AC179BA420B2A29FE324A"
+               "467A635E81FF5901377BEDDCFD33168A461AAD3B72DAE8860078045B07A7"
+               "DBCA7874087D1510EA9FCC9DDD330507DD62DB88AEAA747DE0F4D6E2BD68"
+               "B0E7393E0F24218EB3");
+  tor_assert(r);
 
   tor_assert(tls_prime);