diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 9bcfa109e4..2491507350 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2005-03-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
+	* expr.c (operand): Remove redundant code enclosed by #ifdef
+	RELAX_PAREN_GROUPING....#endif.
+
 	* config/tc-mn10200.c (tc_gen_reloc): Handle the case where the
 	reloc is the difference of two symbols defined in the same
 	section.
diff --git a/gas/expr.c b/gas/expr.c
index 1f50eac475..fb29fddabe 100644
--- a/gas/expr.c
+++ b/gas/expr.c
@@ -977,12 +977,7 @@ operand (expressionS *expressionP)
       /* expression () will pass trailing whitespace.  */
       if ((c == '(' && *input_line_pointer != ')')
 	  || (c == '[' && *input_line_pointer != ']'))
-	{
-#ifdef RELAX_PAREN_GROUPING
-	  if (c != '(')
-#endif
-	    as_bad (_("missing '%c'"), c == '(' ? ')' : ']');
-	}
+	as_bad (_("missing '%c'"), c == '(' ? ')' : ']');
       else
 	input_line_pointer++;
       SKIP_WHITESPACE ();