diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
index acd251415de..f6cf3772822 100644
--- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
@@ -2635,7 +2635,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	if (strcmp(authmethod, "md5") &&
 		strcmp(authmethod, "ident") &&
-		strncmp(authmethod, "ident ", 6) &&		/* ident with space = param */
 		strcmp(authmethod, "trust") &&
 #ifdef USE_PAM
 		strcmp(authmethod, "pam") &&