diff --git a/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp b/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
index 66672eeb7..8833e2b6e 100644
--- a/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
+++ b/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
@@ -935,23 +935,18 @@ bool TemplateSimplifier::simplifyNumericCalculations(Token *tok)
             switch (op->str()[0]) {
             case '<':
                 tok->str((v1 << v2).str());
-                ret = true;
                 break;
             case '>':
                 tok->str((v1 >> v2).str());
-                ret = true;
                 break;
             case '&':
                 tok->str((v1 & v2).str());
-                ret = true;
                 break;
             case '|':
                 tok->str((v1 | v2).str());
-                ret = true;
                 break;
             case '^':
                 tok->str((v1 ^ v2).str());
-                ret = true;
                 break;
             };
         }