diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_desktop/ecore_desktop.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_desktop/ecore_desktop.c
index 1ded36d003..ae8cded0f5 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_desktop/ecore_desktop.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_desktop/ecore_desktop.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ ecore_desktop_ini_get(const char *file)
 	       {
 		  *c++ = '\0';
 		  /* Strip preceeding blanks.  Note that \n is treated differently from the other white space. */
-	          while (((*c == ' ') || (*c == '\t')) && (*c != '\n') && (*c != '\0'))
+	          while ((*c == ' ') || (*c == '\t'))
 		     c++;
 		  value = c;
 		  /* Find end. */