diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index 4a3702e43..60be9f1d8 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -2227,7 +2227,7 @@ inp_remove_ws(char *s)
             curr++;
         if (isspace(*curr)) {
             curr = skip_ws(curr);
-            if (*curr != '\0' && *curr != '=' && ((is_expression && !is_arith_char(*curr) && *curr != ',') || (!is_expression)))
+            if (*curr != '\0' && *curr != '=' && ((!is_arith_char(*curr) && *curr != ',') || (!is_expression)))
                 big_buff[big_buff_index++] = ' ';
         }
     }