diff --git a/Src/FluentAssertions/Primitives/StringWildcardMatchingValidator.cs b/Src/FluentAssertions/Primitives/StringWildcardMatchingValidator.cs
index 1430be8126..40bc16c682 100644
--- a/Src/FluentAssertions/Primitives/StringWildcardMatchingValidator.cs
+++ b/Src/FluentAssertions/Primitives/StringWildcardMatchingValidator.cs
@@ -49,11 +49,6 @@ private static string ConvertWildcardToRegEx(string wildcardExpression)
 
         private string CleanNewLines(string input)
         {
-            if (input is null)
-            {
-                return null;
-            }
-
             return IgnoreNewLineDifferences ? input.RemoveNewLines() : input;
         }