diff --git a/src/fe-common/core/chat-completion.c b/src/fe-common/core/chat-completion.c
index 988c311f..9c04162d 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/core/chat-completion.c
+++ b/src/fe-common/core/chat-completion.c
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ static void sig_message_own_private(SERVER_REC *server, const char *msg,
 				    const char *target, const char *origtarget)
 {
 	g_return_if_fail(server != NULL);
-	g_return_if_fail(target != NULL);
 
 	if (target != NULL && query_find(server, target) == NULL)
 		SERVER_LAST_MSG_ADD(server, target);