diff --git a/src/common/sandbox.c b/src/common/sandbox.c
index 6db682d5181492dc19d4fdd10f87493d73c37d8d..a852cb697bc42fdccbd49c628aa25f51d9a46c0b 100644
--- a/src/common/sandbox.c
+++ b/src/common/sandbox.c
@@ -1187,8 +1187,6 @@ add_noparam_filter(scmp_filter_ctx ctx)
 
   // add general filters
   for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_LENGTH(filter_nopar_gen); i++) {
-    if (filter_nopar_gen[i] < 0)
-      continue;
     rc = seccomp_rule_add(ctx, SCMP_ACT_ALLOW, filter_nopar_gen[i], 0);
     if (rc != 0) {
       log_err(LD_BUG,"(Sandbox) failed to add syscall index %d (NR=%d), "