diff --git a/wp-includes/ms-load.php b/wp-includes/ms-load.php
index 95663e518a..55659a2822 100644
--- a/wp-includes/ms-load.php
+++ b/wp-includes/ms-load.php
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ function ms_not_installed() {
 		die( $msg );
 	$msg .= '<p>' . __( 'If your site does not display, please contact the owner of this network.' ) . '';
 	$msg .= ' ' . __( 'If you are the owner of this network please check that MySQL is running properly and all tables are error free.' ) . '</p>';
-	if ( false && !$wpdb->get_var( "SHOW TABLES LIKE '$wpdb->site'" ) )
+	if ( ! $wpdb->get_var( "SHOW TABLES LIKE '$wpdb->site'" ) )
 		$msg .= '<p>' . sprintf( __( '<strong>Database tables are missing.</strong> This means that MySQL is not running, WordPress was not installed properly, or someone deleted <code>%s</code>. You really should look at your database now.' ), $wpdb->site ) . '</p>';
 	else
 		$msg .= '<p>' . sprintf( __( '<strong>Could not find site <code>%1$s</code>.</strong> Searched for table <code>%2$s</code> in database <code>%3$s</code>. Is that right?' ), rtrim( $domain . $path, '/' ), $wpdb->blogs, DB_NAME ) . '</p>';