diff --git a/src/CUDA/runner_cuda_main.cu b/src/CUDA/runner_cuda_main.cu
index 0a62a60d41c358382ab38d4ee36a5ad51a8446ae..87417c320f3991911190c44d651323ecd258a799 100644
--- a/src/CUDA/runner_cuda_main.cu
+++ b/src/CUDA/runner_cuda_main.cu
@@ -1414,7 +1414,6 @@ __global__ void swift_device_kernel() {
   __shared__ volatile int tid;
   __shared__ volatile int done;
   int i;
-  if(threadIdx.x == 0 && blockIdx.x == 0)
   /* Main loop */
   while (1) {
     __syncthreads();