diff --git a/MeshGeoToolsLib/CreateSearchLength.h b/MeshGeoToolsLib/CreateSearchLength.h
index f7dfcff4935b3b95911770468c4558956e58f35d..cf974de42c3794672cd5054c70de8a769ab6b7ae 100644
--- a/MeshGeoToolsLib/CreateSearchLength.h
+++ b/MeshGeoToolsLib/CreateSearchLength.h
@@ -41,10 +41,7 @@ MeshGeoToolsLib::SearchLength createSearchLengthAlgorithm(
     {
         return MeshGeoToolsLib::HeuristicSearchLength(mesh);
     }
-    else
-    {
-        OGS_FATAL("Unknown search length algorithm type '%s'.", type.c_str());
-    }
+    OGS_FATAL("Unknown search length algorithm type '%s'.", type.c_str());
 }
 
 }  // end namespace MeshGeoToolsLib