diff --git a/XAlloc.c b/XAlloc.c
index 34a444f2fbb5d853a43ec3b693feb41b846a61b6..010d761d7b75ff5d2131d6c3b8785836fcc28f1a 100644
--- a/XAlloc.c
+++ b/XAlloc.c
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ void* xRealloc(void* ptr, size_t size) {
 }
 
 char* xStrdup(const char* str) {
-   if (!str) {
-      fail();
-   }
    char* data = strdup(str);
    if (!data) {
       fail();