diff --git a/extensions/merge-conflict/src/documentTracker.ts b/extensions/merge-conflict/src/documentTracker.ts
index 97eeae6f87e..41be7a803e2 100644
--- a/extensions/merge-conflict/src/documentTracker.ts
+++ b/extensions/merge-conflict/src/documentTracker.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export default class DocumentMergeConflictTracker implements vscode.Disposable,
 	}
 
 	private getCacheKey(document: vscode.TextDocument): string | null {
-		if (document.uri && document.uri) {
+		if (document.uri) {
 			return document.uri.toString();
 		}