diff --git a/include/oembed.php b/include/oembed.php
index cbd856648f..d4d7ce05e1 100755
--- a/include/oembed.php
+++ b/include/oembed.php
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ function oembed_fetch_url($embedurl, $no_rich_type = false){
 
 		$txt=trim($txt);
 
-		if ($txt==false || $txt=="")
-			return false;
-
 		if ($txt[0]!="{")
 			$txt='{"type":"error"}';
 		else	//save in cache