diff --git a/crypto_kem/kyber768/avx2/indcpa.c b/crypto_kem/kyber768/avx2/indcpa.c
index 0f20eebc..528f2432 100644
--- a/crypto_kem/kyber768/avx2/indcpa.c
+++ b/crypto_kem/kyber768/avx2/indcpa.c
@@ -199,11 +199,7 @@ static void gen_matrix(polyvec *a, const uint8_t *seed, int transposed) {
     PQCLEAN_KYBER768_AVX2_poly_nttunpack(&a[2].vec[0]);
     PQCLEAN_KYBER768_AVX2_poly_nttunpack(&a[2].vec[1]);
 
-    if (transposed) {
-        PQCLEAN_KYBER768_AVX2_kyber_shake128_absorb(&state1x, seed, 2, 2);
-    } else {
-        PQCLEAN_KYBER768_AVX2_kyber_shake128_absorb(&state1x, seed, 2, 2);
-    }
+    PQCLEAN_KYBER768_AVX2_kyber_shake128_absorb(&state1x, seed, 2, 2);
 
     PQCLEAN_KYBER768_AVX2_kyber_shake128_squeezeblocks(buf.x[0], GEN_MATRIX_MAXNBLOCKS, &state1x);
     bufbytes = GEN_MATRIX_MAXNBLOCKS * XOF_BLOCKBYTES;