diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RefWriter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RefWriter.java
index c80d80f60..d2c3f9de6 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RefWriter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RefWriter.java
@@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ public void writePackedRefs() throws IOException {
 		final StringWriter w = new StringWriter();
 		if (peeled) {
 			w.write(RefDirectory.PACKED_REFS_HEADER);
-			if (peeled)
-				w.write(RefDirectory.PACKED_REFS_PEELED);
+			w.write(RefDirectory.PACKED_REFS_PEELED);
 			w.write('\n');
 		}