diff --git a/lib/vssh/libssh2.c b/lib/vssh/libssh2.c
index e0b9487bef..c41ae9f90a 100644
--- a/lib/vssh/libssh2.c
+++ b/lib/vssh/libssh2.c
@@ -2492,7 +2492,6 @@ static CURLcode ssh_statemachine(struct Curl_easy *data, bool *block)
         state(data, SSH_SFTP_CLOSE);
       }
       break;
-      break;
 
     case SSH_SFTP_READDIR_LINK:
       rc =