diff --git a/src/frontend/subckt.c b/src/frontend/subckt.c
index cfde31ce4..58a41cde3 100644
--- a/src/frontend/subckt.c
+++ b/src/frontend/subckt.c
@@ -451,8 +451,6 @@ doit(struct line *deck) {
                 if (ciprefix(sbend, c->li_line)) { /* found a .ends */
                     if (!--nest)
                         break;   /* nest = 0 means we have balanced .subckt and .ends  */
-                        lcc = c;   /* (lcc points to the position of the .ends)             */
-                        continue;  /* then continue looping                                 */
                 } else if (ciprefix(start, c->li_line))  /* if .subckt, increment nesting */
                     nest++;
                 lcc = c;     /* lcc points to current pos of c  */