diff --git a/src/frontend/define.c b/src/frontend/define.c
index 45f3ad118..afd479e7f 100644
--- a/src/frontend/define.c
+++ b/src/frontend/define.c
@@ -416,11 +416,7 @@ ntharg(int num, struct pnode *args)
             }
             if (args && args->pn_op && (args->pn_op->op_num != PT_OP_COMMA)) {
                 if (num <= 1)
-                {
-                    if (args && args->pn_op && (args->pn_op->op_num == PT_OP_COMMA))
-                        return args->pn_left;
                     return args;
-                }
                 return NULL;
             }
             if (!args)