diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index 4a31bebb2..7bc5d5d89 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -2221,11 +2221,9 @@ inp_remove_ws(char *s)
                 is_expression = TRUE;
             if (*s == '}')
                 is_expression = FALSE;
-
-            *d++ = *s;
-        } else {
-            *d++ = *s;
         }
+
+        *d++ = *s;
         s++;
         if (isspace(*s)) {
             s = skip_ws(s);