diff --git a/Signal/src/Loki/LokiGroupChatPoller.swift b/Signal/src/Loki/LokiGroupChatPoller.swift
index 04f5758c8..56f43e51f 100644
--- a/Signal/src/Loki/LokiGroupChatPoller.swift
+++ b/Signal/src/Loki/LokiGroupChatPoller.swift
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ public final class LokiGroupChatPoller : NSObject {
         // Poll
         let _ = LokiGroupChatAPI.getMessages(for: group.serverID, on: group.server).done { messages in
             messages.reversed().forEach { message in
-                let senderHexEncodedPublicKey = message.hexEncodedPublicKey
-                if (senderHexEncodedPublicKey != userHexEncodedPublicKey) {
+                if message.hexEncodedPublicKey != userHexEncodedPublicKey {
                     processIncomingMessage(message)
                 } else {
                     processOutgoingMessage(message)