diff --git a/webtools/litmus/js/SelectBoxes.js b/webtools/litmus/js/SelectBoxes.js
index 3d569a97ee28..906574d4216b 100755
--- a/webtools/litmus/js/SelectBoxes.js
+++ b/webtools/litmus/js/SelectBoxes.js
@@ -37,13 +37,9 @@ function load_testgroups(selects) {
         addNullEntry(groupbox);
         // find the currently selected product that goes with this select
         var productbox = document.getElementById("product"+groupbox.name.substr(9));
-	if (productbox.selectedIndex >= 0) {
-            var productid = productbox.options[productbox.selectedIndex].value;
-            var product = getProductById(productid);
-            if (!product) {
-                return;
-            }
-        } else {
+	var productid = productbox.options[productbox.selectedIndex].value;
+        var product = getProductById(productid);
+        if (!product) {
             return;
         }
         // now get the list of testgroups that goes with that product: