diff --git a/src/epics/seq/main.c b/src/epics/seq/main.c
index 5b5d013c300beb052b9cb9bbf56943eea5382347..b91337a19c243e16e172363f89ff3d598b4320fc 100644
--- a/src/epics/seq/main.c
+++ b/src/epics/seq/main.c
@@ -1639,10 +1639,6 @@ int spChecker(int monitorAll, SET_ERR_TABLE setErrTable[],int wcVal, char *wcstr
 				        caStringSetpointInitted[ii] = 2;
                     }
 					status = GET_VALUE_STR(paddr,sval,sizeof(sval),&mtime, NULL); //&(cdTable[ii].connected));
-					if (strcmp(cdTable[ii].data.strval, "") == 0)
-                    {
-					    status = 0;
-                    }
 					if(strcmp(cdTable[ii].data.strval,sval) != 0 || listAll)
 					{
 						sprintf(burtset,"%s",cdTable[ii].data.strval);