diff --git a/unpacked/jax/input/TeX/jax.js b/unpacked/jax/input/TeX/jax.js
index 65e1088a2..958cbe55b 100644
--- a/unpacked/jax/input/TeX/jax.js
+++ b/unpacked/jax/input/TeX/jax.js
@@ -2183,9 +2183,9 @@
      */
     fenced: function (open,mml,close) {
       var mrow = MML.mrow().With({open:open, close:close, texClass:MML.TEXCLASS.INNER});
-      if (open) {mrow.Append(MML.mo(open).With({fence:true, stretchy:true, texClass:MML.TEXCLASS.OPEN}))}
+      mrow.Append(MML.mo(open).With({fence:true, stretchy:true, texClass:MML.TEXCLASS.OPEN}));
       if (mml.type === "mrow") {mrow.Append.apply(mrow,mml.data)} else {mrow.Append(mml)}
-      if (close) {mrow.Append(MML.mo(close).With({fence:true, stretchy:true, texClass:MML.TEXCLASS.CLOSE}))}
+      mrow.Append(MML.mo(close).With({fence:true, stretchy:true, texClass:MML.TEXCLASS.CLOSE}));
       return mrow;
     },
     /*