diff --git a/pytools/obmcutil b/pytools/obmcutil
index 3234e8a..ae062b4 100644
--- a/pytools/obmcutil
+++ b/pytools/obmcutil
@@ -112,9 +112,8 @@
             val = None
             if objinfo.has_key('value'):
                 val = objinfo['value']
-            else:
-                if len(sys.argv) > 0:
-                    val = eval(sys.argv.pop(0))
+            elif len(sys.argv) > 0:
+                val = eval(sys.argv.pop(0))
             if val is not None:
                 dbus_iface.Set(iface, prop, val)
             else: