diff --git a/search-services/alfresco-search/src/main/java/org/alfresco/solr/tracker/AbstractTracker.java b/search-services/alfresco-search/src/main/java/org/alfresco/solr/tracker/AbstractTracker.java
index 8428fc75c..a9c337e1c 100644
--- a/search-services/alfresco-search/src/main/java/org/alfresco/solr/tracker/AbstractTracker.java
+++ b/search-services/alfresco-search/src/main/java/org/alfresco/solr/tracker/AbstractTracker.java
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractTracker implements Tracker
 
 
     private boolean assertTrackerStateRemainsNull() {
-        if (true) return true;
+
         /*
         * This assertion is added to accommodate DistributedAlfrescoSolrTrackerRaceTest.
         * The sleep is needed to allow the test case to add a txn into the queue before