1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/watch.c b/coreutils/watch.c
index b188b4176..81856c867 100644
--- a/coreutils/watch.c
+++ b/coreutils/watch.c
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ int watch_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         time_t t;
 
                         get_terminal_width_height(STDOUT_FILENO, &width, 0);
-                        if (width < 1) width = 1; // paranoia
                         header = xrealloc(header, width--);
                         // '%-*s' pads header with spaces to the full width
                         snprintf(header, width, "Every %ds: %-*s", period, width, cmd);