diff --git a/cre.cpp b/cre.cpp
index ec0a74a6b..fd9c6213d 100644
--- a/cre.cpp
+++ b/cre.cpp
@@ -418,10 +418,6 @@ static int getPageLinks(lua_State *L) {
 	ldomXRangeList links;
 	ldomXRangeList & sel = doc->text_view->getDocument()->getSelections();
 
-	if ( sel.length() == 0 ) {
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	doc->text_view->getCurrentPageLinks( links );
 	int linkCount = links.length();
 	if ( linkCount ) {