diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
index 1391dfbd16..b38e45e700 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
@@ -818,9 +818,6 @@ OpenLayers.Util.distVincenty=function(p1, p2) {
 OpenLayers.Util.getParameters = function(url) {
     // if no url specified, take it from the location bar
     url = url || window.location.href;
-    if (url == null) {
-        url = window.location.href;
-    }
 
     //parse out parameters portion of url string
     var paramsString = "";