diff --git a/src/stdlib_new_delete.cpp b/src/stdlib_new_delete.cpp
index a3e028b..8ef3057 100644
--- a/src/stdlib_new_delete.cpp
+++ b/src/stdlib_new_delete.cpp
@@ -214,9 +214,7 @@
 void
 operator delete(void* ptr, std::align_val_t) _NOEXCEPT
 {
-    if (ptr) {
-        std::__libcpp_aligned_free(ptr);
-    }
+    std::__libcpp_aligned_free(ptr);
 }
 
 _LIBCXXABI_WEAK