diff --git a/src/App/PropertyPythonObject.cpp b/src/App/PropertyPythonObject.cpp
index c1c364d5bb..edf46f20c9 100644
--- a/src/App/PropertyPythonObject.cpp
+++ b/src/App/PropertyPythonObject.cpp
@@ -121,11 +121,6 @@ void PropertyPythonObject::fromString(const std::string& repr)
     try {
         if (repr.empty())
             return;
-        if (repr == "null") {
-            Py::String typestr(this->object.type().str());
-            Base::Console().Log("PropertyPythonObject::fromString(): repr is null for object %s\n", typestr.as_string().c_str());
-            return;
-        }
         Py::Module pickle(PyImport_ImportModule("json"),true);
         if (pickle.isNull())
             throw Py::Exception();