2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/wc.c b/coreutils/wc.c
index bad03f791..3b0e589b6 100644
--- a/coreutils/wc.c
+++ b/coreutils/wc.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ int wc_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 }
                 wc_file(file, *argv);
         } else {
-                while (argc-- > 0 && *argv != '\0' && strlen(*argv)) {
+                while (argc-- > 0) {
                         file = fopen(*argv, "r");
                         if (file == NULL) {
                                 perror(*argv);
diff --git a/wc.c b/wc.c
index bad03f791..3b0e589b6 100644
--- a/wc.c
+++ b/wc.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ int wc_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 }
                 wc_file(file, *argv);
         } else {
-                while (argc-- > 0 && *argv != '\0' && strlen(*argv)) {
+                while (argc-- > 0) {
                         file = fopen(*argv, "r");
                         if (file == NULL) {
                                 perror(*argv);