diff --git a/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-main-window.cpp b/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-main-window.cpp
index 454f74fabe..df59ee33f8 100644
--- a/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-main-window.cpp
+++ b/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-main-window.cpp
@@ -1788,9 +1788,6 @@ static gchar *generate_statusbar_lastmodified_message()
             g_free(filepath);
             g_object_unref (info);
             g_object_unref (file);
-#else
-            return nullptr;
-#endif
         }
         // If the URI is not a file but a database, we can maybe also show
         // something useful, but I have no idea how to obtain this information.