1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/hostlist/hostlist-client.c b/src/hostlist/hostlist-client.c
index a5d345b60..789ae751f 100644
--- a/src/hostlist/hostlist-client.c
+++ b/src/hostlist/hostlist-client.c
@@ -1157,17 +1157,12 @@ handler_connect (void *cls,
                  struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative latency,
                  uint32_t distance)
 {
-  unsigned int max = 0 ;
-  max --;
-
-  if (stat_connection_count < max)
-  {
+  GNUNET_assert (stat_connection_count < UINT_MAX);
   stat_connection_count++;
   GNUNET_STATISTICS_update (stats, 
                             gettext_noop ("# active connections"), 
                             1, 
                             GNUNET_NO);
-  }
 }