diff --git a/src/textord/tordmain.cpp b/src/textord/tordmain.cpp
index 719ed0e25f..50b484dd05 100644
--- a/src/textord/tordmain.cpp
+++ b/src/textord/tordmain.cpp
@@ -533,8 +533,8 @@ bool Textord::clean_noise_from_row( // remove empties
       }
     }
   }
-  bool rejected = dot_count > norm_count * textord_noise_normratio && \
-                  dot_count > 2 && \
+  bool rejected = dot_count > norm_count * textord_noise_normratio &&
+                  dot_count > 2 &&
                   super_norm_count < textord_noise_sncount;
   if (textord_noise_debug) {
     tprintf("Row ending at (%d,%g):", blob_box.right(), row->base_line(blob_box.right()));