diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/translate/UnicodeUnpairedSurrogateRemover.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/translate/UnicodeUnpairedSurrogateRemover.java
index 2462909d9..ce86d5e85 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/translate/UnicodeUnpairedSurrogateRemover.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/translate/UnicodeUnpairedSurrogateRemover.java
@@ -34,10 +34,9 @@ public class UnicodeUnpairedSurrogateRemover extends CodePointTranslator {
         if (codepoint >= Character.MIN_SURROGATE && codepoint <= Character.MAX_SURROGATE) {
             // It's a surrogate. Write nothing and say we've translated.
             return true;
-        } else {
-            // It's not a surrogate. Don't translate it.
-            return false;
         }
+        // It's not a surrogate. Don't translate it.
+        return false;
     }
 }