diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/uploadvalidator/ValidatorConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/uploadvalidator/ValidatorConfig.java
index 2770f00..ea2e556 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/uploadvalidator/ValidatorConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/uploadvalidator/ValidatorConfig.java
@@ -150,9 +150,8 @@
   private static boolean match(String value, String pattern, boolean refMatcher) {
     if (refMatcher) {
       return RefPatternMatcher.getMatcher(pattern).match(value, null);
-    } else {
-      return Pattern.matches(pattern, value);
     }
+    return Pattern.matches(pattern, value);
   }
 
   private boolean canSkipGroup(PluginConfig conf, IdentifiedUser user) {