diff --git a/src/sbbs3/con_out.cpp b/src/sbbs3/con_out.cpp
index f1c9d7f3b2b79df38d6c170a351e032fc86868ff..180d3bfef4976b824e31207cb9c766d2a9e85b90 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/con_out.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/con_out.cpp
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ void sbbs_t::outchar(char ch)
 #endif
 #if 0 
 	if(console&CON_L_ECHO) {
-		if(console&CON_L_ECHOX && (uchar)ch>=' ')
+		if(console&CON_L_ECHOX && (uchar)ch>' ')
 			putch(password_char);
 		else if(cfg.node_misc&NM_NOBEEP && ch==BEL);	 /* Do nothing if beep */
 		else if(ch==BEL) {
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ void sbbs_t::outchar(char ch)
 	if(online==ON_REMOTE && console&CON_R_ECHO) {
 		/* TODO: If this replaces spaces, destructive backspace won't work */
 		/* if it doesn't, a space is displayed as a space */
-		if(console&CON_R_ECHOX && (uchar)ch>=' ') {
+		if(console&CON_R_ECHOX && (uchar)ch>' ') {
 			ch=text[YN][3];
 			if(text[YN][2]==0 || ch==0) ch='X';
 		}