diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index dace27fd..2b131f02 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ fi
 
 # grab a list of packags to remove for a "minimal" installation from the seed
 # mirror for this project
-if [ -n "${BASE_SEED}" ] && [ -n "${BASE_SEED}" ]; then
+if [ -n "${BASE_SEED}" ]; then
 	minimal_packages_url=${SEEDMIRROR}/${SEED}/${BASE_SEED}.minimal-remove
 	echo -n "Checking ${minimal_packages_url} for a minimal installation list... "
 	minimal_packages_remove=$(wget -q -O- ${minimal_packages_url} | sed -e '/\s*#.*$/d' -e '/^\s*$/d')