diff --git a/Upsilon/Binder/Binder.cs b/Upsilon/Binder/Binder.cs
index 33e125f..3bc59d7 100644
--- a/Upsilon/Binder/Binder.cs
+++ b/Upsilon/Binder/Binder.cs
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ namespace Upsilon.Binder
             else
             {
                 // don't allow assigning different typed variables to a variable, unless either of them is nil, allow assigning nil to all variables
-                if (boundExpression.Type != variable.Type && (variable.Type != Type.Nil || boundExpression.Type == Type.Nil))
+                if (boundExpression.Type != variable.Type)
                 {
                     if (variable.Type == Type.Nil || boundExpression.Type == Type.Nil)
                     {