diff --git a/src/sbbs3/sbbsecho.c b/src/sbbs3/sbbsecho.c
index e4ea8372f708f538e98b720c1bd8b33f47b9baf4..09dc81c8dcafb06d28b5cd4e3679335fbc3141ab 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/sbbsecho.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/sbbsecho.c
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ void command(char* instr, faddr_t addr, char* to)
 			fclose(tmpf);
 			return; 
 		}
-		if(cfg.nodecfg[node].arctype >= 0 && cfg.nodecfg[node].arctype < cfg.arcdefs)
+		if(cfg.nodecfg[node].arctype < cfg.arcdefs)
 			buf = cfg.arcdef[cfg.nodecfg[node].arctype].name;
 		else
 			buf = "NONE";