diff --git a/src/runtime/string_input.c b/src/runtime/string_input.c
index 1a244432..3b951a10 100644
--- a/src/runtime/string_input.c
+++ b/src/runtime/string_input.c
@@ -27,13 +27,7 @@ int ts_string_input_seek(void *payload, uint32_t character, uint32_t byte) {
 }
 
 TSInput ts_string_input_make(const char *string) {
-  if (!input)
-    goto error;
-
   return ts_string_input_make_with_length(string, strlen(string));
-
-  error:
-    return (TSInput){ NULL, NULL, NULL, TSInputEncodingUTF8 };
 }
 
 TSInput ts_string_input_make_with_length(const char *string, uint32_t length) {