Dead stores

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/common.cpp b/common.cpp
index 08e8d7a1..7434c31d 100644
--- a/common.cpp
+++ b/common.cpp
@@ -866,11 +866,7 @@ void write_screen(const wcstring &msg, wcstring &buff)
             /*
               If token is zero character long, we don't do anything
             */
-            if (pos == start)
-            {
-                start = pos = pos+1;
-            }
-            else if (overflow)
+            if (overflow)
             {
                 /*
                   In case of overflow, we print a newline, except if we already are at position 0