diff --git a/src/plugins/jobcomp/elasticsearch/jobcomp_elasticsearch.c b/src/plugins/jobcomp/elasticsearch/jobcomp_elasticsearch.c
index 4a0e5c7d33dd3b118c78a61bc859070dc3e2c8b5..eb47a028956669f587a672f00fddca31c6a0a8d2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/jobcomp/elasticsearch/jobcomp_elasticsearch.c
+++ b/src/plugins/jobcomp/elasticsearch/jobcomp_elasticsearch.c
@@ -354,9 +354,6 @@ static int _index_job(const char *jobcomp)
 		goto cleanup_easy_init;
 	}
 
-	if (!curl_handle || (rc != SLURM_SUCCESS))
-		goto cleanup_easy_init;
-
 	chunk.message = xmalloc(1);
 	chunk.size = 0;