diff --git a/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgffor.code.tex b/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgffor.code.tex
index 6fe9b7a18..cdb77b313 100644
--- a/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgffor.code.tex
+++ b/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgffor.code.tex
@@ -735,11 +735,7 @@
 \def\pgffor@remember@@@parse@old#1#2#3(initially #4)#5\pgffor@stop#6\pgffor@@stop{%
     \pgfutil@append@tomacro{\pgffor@assign@after@code}{\edef#2{#1}}%
     \pgfutil@append@tomacro{\pgffor@remember@code}{\noexpand\def\noexpand#2{#2}}%
-    \def\pgffor@test{#4}%
-    \ifx\pgffor@test\pgfutil@empty%
-    \else%
-        \pgfutil@append@tomacro{\pgffor@assign@once@code}{\def#2{#4}}%
-    \fi%
+    \pgfutil@append@tomacro{\pgffor@assign@once@code}{\def#2{#4}}%
 }
 
 \def\pgffor@count@parse#1#2\pgffor@stop{%