diff --git a/src/logic/linkcmd/slbt_linkcmd_deps.c b/src/logic/linkcmd/slbt_linkcmd_deps.c
index 46b989f..4a33b98 100644
--- a/src/logic/linkcmd/slbt_linkcmd_deps.c
+++ b/src/logic/linkcmd/slbt_linkcmd_deps.c
@@ -185,8 +185,6 @@ static int slbt_exec_link_normalize_dep_file(
 
 			if ((mark > *pline) && (mark[0] == '/'))
 				mark = *pline;
-		} else {
-			mark = *pline;
 		}
 
 		if (mark > *pline) {