diff --git a/polly/lib/CodeGen/IslNodeBuilder.cpp b/polly/lib/CodeGen/IslNodeBuilder.cpp
index dab70dd771a7..aee7e2097148 100644
--- a/polly/lib/CodeGen/IslNodeBuilder.cpp
+++ b/polly/lib/CodeGen/IslNodeBuilder.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ IslNodeBuilder::getUpperBound(__isl_keep isl_ast_node *For,
 
   Cond = isl_ast_node_for_get_cond(For);
   Iterator = isl_ast_node_for_get_iterator(For);
-  isl_ast_expr_get_type(Cond);
   assert(isl_ast_expr_get_type(Cond) == isl_ast_expr_op &&
          "conditional expression is not an atomic upper bound");