diff --git a/src/helper/command.c b/src/helper/command.c
index 3346a6c37..ab0654b6e 100644
--- a/src/helper/command.c
+++ b/src/helper/command.c
@@ -1028,12 +1028,6 @@ static int run_usage(Jim_Interp *interp, int argc_valid, int argc, Jim_Obj * con
 static int command_unknown(Jim_Interp *interp, int argc, Jim_Obj *const *argv)
 {
 	const char *cmd_name = Jim_GetString(argv[0], NULL);
-	if (strcmp(cmd_name, "unknown") == 0) {
-		if (argc == 1)
-			return JIM_OK;
-		argc--;
-		argv++;
-	}
 	script_debug(interp, cmd_name, argc, argv);
 
 	struct command_context *cmd_ctx = current_command_context(interp);