diff --git a/src/plugins/sched/wiki/msg.c b/src/plugins/sched/wiki/msg.c
index ab2907dc6efff4bbfc1bebfca6ed8a22526e662f..8f3ec8252927accb5114a611cbdc157975f04875 100644
--- a/src/plugins/sched/wiki/msg.c
+++ b/src/plugins/sched/wiki/msg.c
@@ -394,8 +394,6 @@ extern char *	get_wiki_conf(void)
 		if (!hide_part_ptr[i])
 			continue;
 		if (first) {
-			if (conf)
-				xstrcat(conf, ";");
 			xstrcat(conf, ";HidePartitionJobs=");
 			first = 0;
 		} else
diff --git a/src/plugins/sched/wiki2/msg.c b/src/plugins/sched/wiki2/msg.c
index 4e1a6544722622ea30e0c031b2a080be0a95273a..50790b3c90929ecbb8a1d7c7efd970fd12662e8d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/sched/wiki2/msg.c
+++ b/src/plugins/sched/wiki2/msg.c
@@ -407,8 +407,6 @@ extern char *	get_wiki_conf(void)
 		if (!hide_part_ptr[i])
 			continue;
 		if (first) {
-			if (conf)
-				xstrcat(conf, ";");
 			xstrcat(conf, ";HidePartitionJobs=");
 			first = 0;
 		} else