diff --git a/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-main.c b/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-main.c
index b774f28df..0641a75cd 100644
--- a/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-main.c
+++ b/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-main.c
@@ -457,8 +457,7 @@ gui_main_loop ()
     }
 
     /* remove keyboard hook */
-    if (hook_fd_keyboard)
-        unhook (hook_fd_keyboard);
+    unhook (hook_fd_keyboard);
 }
 
 /*