diff --git a/src/ExprNode.cc b/src/ExprNode.cc
index 9e83dbc74da5ac2fbfd0c563d8196d0f43f67f18..47a27f78281ed1e6b692d55fdb13beb16b358e4e 100644
--- a/src/ExprNode.cc
+++ b/src/ExprNode.cc
@@ -804,10 +804,7 @@ NumConstNode::differentiateForwardVars([[maybe_unused]] const vector<string>& su
 bool
 NumConstNode::isNumConstNodeEqualTo(double value) const
 {
-  if (datatree.num_constants.getDouble(id) == value)
-    return true;
-  else
-    return false;
+  return datatree.num_constants.getDouble(id) == value;
 }
 
 bool