diff --git a/lib/yaml/emitter.py b/lib/yaml/emitter.py
index 9561a827..23c25ca8 100644
--- a/lib/yaml/emitter.py
+++ b/lib/yaml/emitter.py
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ def analyze_scalar(self, scalar):
             if not (ch == u'\n' or u'\x20' <= ch <= u'\x7E'):
                 if (ch == u'\x85' or u'\xA0' <= ch <= u'\uD7FF'
                         or u'\uE000' <= ch <= u'\uFFFD'
-                        or ((not has_ucs4) or (u'\U00010000' <= ch < u'\U0010ffff'))) and ch != u'\uFEFF':
+                        or (u'\U00010000' <= ch < u'\U0010ffff')) and ch != u'\uFEFF':
                     unicode_characters = True
                     if not self.allow_unicode:
                         special_characters = True