diff --git a/htroot/Bookmarks.java b/htroot/Bookmarks.java
index 5e1eafab6..517ba718e 100644
--- a/htroot/Bookmarks.java
+++ b/htroot/Bookmarks.java
@@ -137,11 +137,9 @@ public class Bookmarks {
                         plasmaCrawlLURL.Entry urlentry = switchboard.urlPool.loadedURL.load(urlHash, null);
                         if (urlentry != null) {
                             prop.put("mode_edit", 0); // create mode
-                            if (urlentry != null) {
-                                prop.put("mode_title", urlentry.descr());
-                                prop.put("mode_description", urlentry.descr());
-                                prop.put("mode_url", urlentry.url());
-                            }
+                            prop.put("mode_title", urlentry.descr());
+                            prop.put("mode_description", urlentry.descr());
+                            prop.put("mode_url", urlentry.url());
                             prop.put("mode_tags", "");
                             prop.put("mode_public", 0);
                         }
diff --git a/htroot/IndexControl_p.java b/htroot/IndexControl_p.java
index cb69d1146..0015412dc 100644
--- a/htroot/IndexControl_p.java
+++ b/htroot/IndexControl_p.java
@@ -215,15 +215,11 @@ public class IndexControl_p {
             if (entry == null) {
                 prop.put("result", "No Entry for URL hash " + urlhash + "; nothing deleted.");
             } else {
-                if (entry != null) {
-                    URL url = entry.url();
-                    urlstring = url.toNormalform();
-                    prop.put("urlstring", "");
-                    switchboard.urlPool.loadedURL.remove(urlhash);
-                    prop.put("result", "Removed URL " + urlstring);
-                } else {
-                    prop.put("result", "No Entry for URL hash " + urlhash + "; nothing deleted.");
-                }
+                URL url = entry.url();
+                urlstring = url.toNormalform();
+                prop.put("urlstring", "");
+                switchboard.urlPool.loadedURL.remove(urlhash);
+                prop.put("result", "Removed URL " + urlstring);
             }
         }
 
@@ -266,7 +262,7 @@ public class IndexControl_p {
             while (urlIter.hasNext()) {
                 iEntry = (indexEntry) urlIter.next();
                 lurl = switchboard.urlPool.loadedURL.load(iEntry.urlHash(), null);
-                if (lurl.toString() == null) {
+                if (lurl == null) {
                     unknownURLEntries.add(iEntry.urlHash());
                     urlIter.remove();
                 } else {
@@ -329,14 +325,10 @@ public class IndexControl_p {
             if (entry == null) {
                 prop.put("result", "No Entry for URL hash " + urlhash);
             } else {
-                if (entry != null) {
-                    URL url = entry.url();
-                    urlstring = url.toString();
-                    prop.put("urlstring", urlstring);
-                    prop.put("result", genUrlProfile(switchboard, entry, urlhash));
-                } else {
-                    prop.put("result", "No Entry for URL hash " + urlhash);
-                }
+                URL url = entry.url();
+                urlstring = url.toString();
+                prop.put("urlstring", urlstring);
+                prop.put("result", genUrlProfile(switchboard, entry, urlhash));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/htroot/yacy/crawlOrder.java b/htroot/yacy/crawlOrder.java
index a1604c8d4..70ad7d9e3 100644
--- a/htroot/yacy/crawlOrder.java
+++ b/htroot/yacy/crawlOrder.java
@@ -253,14 +253,9 @@ public final class crawlOrder {
                 response = "rejected";
                 lurl = "";
             } else {
-                if (entry != null) {
-                    response = "double";
-                    switchboard.urlPool.loadedURL.notifyGCrawl(entry.hash(), iam, youare);
-                    lurl = crypt.simpleEncode(entry.toString());
-                } else {
-                    response = "rejected";
-                    lurl = "";
-                }
+                response = "double";
+                switchboard.urlPool.loadedURL.notifyGCrawl(entry.hash(), iam, youare);
+                lurl = crypt.simpleEncode(entry.toString());
             }
         } else {
             response = "rejected";