diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/blueprints.dm b/code/game/objects/items/blueprints.dm
index f9357c19485..a566f208082 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/blueprints.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/blueprints.dm
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
 
 /obj/item/areaeditor/permit/create_area()
-	if(..() == TRUE)
+	if(..())
 		qdel(src)
 
 //free golem blueprints, like permit but can claim as much as needed