diff --git a/validphys2/src/validphys/config.py b/validphys2/src/validphys/config.py
index 1928a953e1e17c324c6fa5036a5a94f871b252b2..78470a46d36d3d0ecde0b117fde40219aced48b1 100644
--- a/validphys2/src/validphys/config.py
+++ b/validphys2/src/validphys/config.py
@@ -1419,8 +1419,7 @@ class CoreConfig(configparser.Config):
                     "Generating closure test data which samples from the theory "
                     "covariance matrix has not been implemented yet."
                 )
-            else:
-                return validphys.filters.filter_closure_data_by_experiment
+            return validphys.filters.filter_closure_data_by_experiment