2 files changed, 6 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/scan_urlencoded_query.c b/scan_urlencoded_query.c
index cf0c5b1..4825a4a 100644
--- a/scan_urlencoded_query.c
+++ b/scan_urlencoded_query.c
@@ -170,16 +170,12 @@ size_t fmt_urlencoded(char *dest, const uint8_t *src, size_t len) {
 
     /* strchr would find the terminator, so a zero byte never counts as safe */
     if ((c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || (c >= '0' && c <= '9') || (c && strchr(safe, c))) {
-      if (dest)
-        dest[written] = (char)c;
-      ++written;
+      dest[written++] = (char)c;
     } else {
-      if (dest) {
-        dest[written]     = '%';
-        dest[written + 1] = hexdigit[c >> 4];
-        dest[written + 2] = hexdigit[c & 15];
-      }
-      written += 3;
+      dest[written]     = '%';
+      dest[written + 1] = hexdigit[c >> 4];
+      dest[written + 2] = hexdigit[c & 15];
+      written          += 3;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/scan_urlencoded_query.h b/scan_urlencoded_query.h
index 6f12c03..d0929cf 100644
--- a/scan_urlencoded_query.h
+++ b/scan_urlencoded_query.h
@@ -55,9 +55,7 @@ void    scan_urlencoded_skipvalue(char **string);
 ssize_t scan_fixed_int(char *data, size_t len, int *number);
 
 /* The other direction: percent encode len bytes from src into dest and return
-   how many characters were written, or how many would be needed when dest is
-   NULL. dest needs room for three times len.
- */
+   how many characters were written. dest needs room for three times len. */
 size_t  fmt_urlencoded(char *dest, const uint8_t *src, size_t len);
 
 #endif