diff --git a/node/execution/engines/compute_execution_engine_test.go b/node/execution/engines/compute_execution_engine_test.go
index 5e1e9e4..55ff7f6 100644
--- a/node/execution/engines/compute_execution_engine_test.go
+++ b/node/execution/engines/compute_execution_engine_test.go
@@ -5474,7 +5474,7 @@ req:A a rdfs:Property;
 	}
 
 	// Create code execution payload (if operations provided)
-	if operations != nil && len(operations) > 0 {
+	if len(operations) > 0 {
 		var domain [32]byte
 		rand.Read(domain[:])
 		var rendezvous [32]byte