diff --git a/src/rose/rose_build_role_aliasing.cpp b/src/rose/rose_build_role_aliasing.cpp
index f89c280b..2240a7fd 100644
--- a/src/rose/rose_build_role_aliasing.cpp
+++ b/src/rose/rose_build_role_aliasing.cpp
@@ -2223,9 +2223,6 @@ void mergeCluster(RoseGraph &g, const ReportManager &rm,
         for (it2 = it;
              it2 != vcluster.end() && cluster.size() < MERGE_GROUP_SIZE_MAX;
              ++it2) {
-            if (it2 == vcluster.end()) {
-                break;
-            }
             // cppcheck-suppress derefInvalidIteratorRedundantCheck 
             RoseVertex v = *it2;
             NGHolder *h = g[v].suffix.graph.get();