diff --git a/src/neigh_request.cpp b/src/neigh_request.cpp
index 3f27f4b3969f4277925a6a07f2457696dae70b27..1ad111d9c566860a89039b1bddf59ff4886e744a 100644
--- a/src/neigh_request.cpp
+++ b/src/neigh_request.cpp
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ int NeighRequest::identical(NeighRequest *other)
 
   if (skip != other->skip) same = 0;
   if (same && skip && other->skip) same = same_skip(other);
-  if (skip && other->skip) same = same_skip(other);
 
   return same;
 }