diff --git a/src/insets/InsetListingsParams.cpp b/src/insets/InsetListingsParams.cpp
index 572a806cff..a24d43fb0c 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetListingsParams.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetListingsParams.cpp
@@ -890,8 +890,7 @@ bool InsetListingsParams::isFloat() const
 
 string InsetListingsParams::getParamValue(string const & param) const
 {
-	// is this parameter defined?
-	string par = (hasParam(param)) ? getValue(param) : string();
+	string par = getValue(param);
 	if (prefixIs(par, "{") && suffixIs(par, "}"))
 		return par.substr(1, par.size() - 2);
 	else