diff --git a/src/discard/discard.f90 b/src/discard/discard.f90
index 0fe86e8fa..558b8b899 100644
--- a/src/discard/discard.f90
+++ b/src/discard/discard.f90
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ module subroutine discard_tp(self, system, param)
       associate(tp => self, cb => system%cb, pl => system%pl)
          ntp = tp%nbody
          npl = pl%nbody
-         if ((ntp == 0) .or. (npl ==0)) return 
 
          if ((param%rmin >= 0.0_DP) .or. (param%rmax >= 0.0_DP) .or. &
              (param%rmaxu >= 0.0_DP) .or. ((param%qmin >= 0.0_DP) .and. (param%qmin_coord == "BARY"))) then