diff --git a/pep-0422.txt b/pep-0422.txt
index 447c59e91..a93175ee7 100644
--- a/pep-0422.txt
+++ b/pep-0422.txt
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ including some aspects of the object models of both Javascript and Ruby.
 All of the examples below are actually possible today through the use of a
 custom metaclass::
 
-if 1:
     class CustomNamespace(type):
         @classmethod
         def __prepare__(meta, name, bases, *, namespace=None, **kwds):