diff --git a/src/modules/module_29700.c b/src/modules/module_29700.c
index bfa0c1801..872051c1f 100644
--- a/src/modules/module_29700.c
+++ b/src/modules/module_29700.c
@@ -149,8 +149,6 @@ int module_hash_decode (MAYBE_UNUSED const hashconfig_t *hashconfig, MAYBE_UNUSE
   token.attr[3]    = TOKEN_ATTR_VERIFY_LENGTH
                    | TOKEN_ATTR_VERIFY_DIGIT;
 
-  if (line_len < 16) return (PARSER_SALT_LENGTH);
-
   const u8 version = line_buf[10];
 
   if (version == '1')