diff --git a/term_frag_sel/utils.py b/term_frag_sel/utils.py
index a565dcefe272521ce141f5925f047cf7c761d51b..083513945034ff8d7694bd0332496b075198f745 100644
--- a/term_frag_sel/utils.py
+++ b/term_frag_sel/utils.py
@@ -23,5 +23,4 @@ def check_positive(value: str) -> int:
     except ValueError as exc:
         raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(f"""Expected positive integer,
                                          got: {value}""") from exc
-    else:
-        return ivalue
+    return ivalue