diff --git a/smack-integration-test/src/main/java/org/igniterealtime/smack/inttest/SmackIntegrationTestFramework.java b/smack-integration-test/src/main/java/org/igniterealtime/smack/inttest/SmackIntegrationTestFramework.java
index 6c1bbc7174..63e47bf0b9 100644
--- a/smack-integration-test/src/main/java/org/igniterealtime/smack/inttest/SmackIntegrationTestFramework.java
+++ b/smack-integration-test/src/main/java/org/igniterealtime/smack/inttest/SmackIntegrationTestFramework.java
@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@ private static String getSpecificationReference(Method method) {
         String line = spec.document().trim();
 
         final SmackIntegrationTest test = method.getAnnotation(SmackIntegrationTest.class);
-        if (test.section() != null && !test.section().isBlank()) {
+        if (!test.section().isBlank()) {
             line += " section " + test.section().trim();
         }
-        if (test.quote() != null && !test.quote().isBlank()) {
+        if (!test.quote().isBlank()) {
             line += ":\t\"" + test.quote().trim() + "\"";
         }
         assert !line.isBlank();