diff --git a/src/lib/evas/common/language/evas_language_utils.c b/src/lib/evas/common/language/evas_language_utils.c
index b362f10b18..a7b8ef06f6 100644
--- a/src/lib/evas/common/language/evas_language_utils.c
+++ b/src/lib/evas/common/language/evas_language_utils.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ _evas_common_language_char_script_search(Eina_Unicode unicode)
 Evas_Script_Type
 evas_common_language_char_script_get(Eina_Unicode unicode)
 {
-   if ((unicode >= 0) && (unicode < EVAS_SCRIPT_DIRECT_TABLE_LIMIT))
+   if (unicode < EVAS_SCRIPT_DIRECT_TABLE_LIMIT)
       return _evas_script_fast_table[unicode];
    else
       return _evas_common_language_char_script_search(unicode);