diff --git a/dlls/windowscodecs/ungif.c b/dlls/windowscodecs/ungif.c
index c2887ed3dbd..427b32f6232 100644
--- a/dlls/windowscodecs/ungif.c
+++ b/dlls/windowscodecs/ungif.c
@@ -405,10 +405,7 @@ DGifGetImageDesc(GifFileType * GifFile) {
     GifFile->Image.Interlace = (Buf[0] & 0x40);
     if (Buf[0] & 0x80) {    /* Does this image have local color map? */
 
-        /*** FIXME: Why do we check both of these in order to do this?
-         * Why do we have both Image and SavedImages? */
-        if (GifFile->Image.ColorMap && GifFile->SavedImages == NULL)
-            FreeMapObject(GifFile->Image.ColorMap);
+        FreeMapObject(GifFile->Image.ColorMap);
 
         GifFile->Image.ColorMap = MakeMapObject(1 << BitsPerPixel, NULL);
         if (GifFile->Image.ColorMap == NULL) {