diff --git a/ui/imports/shared/status/StatusChatInput.qml b/ui/imports/shared/status/StatusChatInput.qml
index 4fa2d487b7c..7a9113703f3 100644
--- a/ui/imports/shared/status/StatusChatInput.qml
+++ b/ui/imports/shared/status/StatusChatInput.qml
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ Rectangle {
     function validSubstr(substr) {
         for(var i = 0; i < substr.length; i++) {
             var c = substr.charAt(i);
-            if (Utils.isSpace(c) === true || Utils.isPunct(c) === true)
+            if (Utils.isSpace(c) || Utils.isPunct(c))
                 return false;
         }
         return true;
diff --git a/ui/imports/utils/Utils.qml b/ui/imports/utils/Utils.qml
index 052e1569561..78db7aa3691 100644
--- a/ui/imports/utils/Utils.qml
+++ b/ui/imports/utils/Utils.qml
@@ -755,7 +755,6 @@ QtObject {
 
     // Leave this function at the bottom of the file as QT Creator messes up the code color after this
     function isPunct(c) {
-        return /(!|\@|#|\$|%|\^|&|\*|\(|\)|_|\+|\||-|=|\\|{|}|[|]|"|;|'|<|>|\?|,|\.|\/)/.test(c)
+        return /(!|\@|#|\$|%|\^|&|\*|\(|\)|\+|\||-|=|\\|{|}|[|]|"|;|'|<|>|\?|,|\.|\/)/.test(c)
     }
-
 }