diff --git a/src/kit/shell/src/shellEngine.c b/src/kit/shell/src/shellEngine.c
index 899a0af615..0eb1248fad 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/src/shellEngine.c
+++ b/src/kit/shell/src/shellEngine.c
@@ -391,11 +391,6 @@ int regex_match(const char *s, const char *reg, int cflags) {
 
 
 static char* formatTimestamp(char* buf, int64_t val, int precision) {
-  if (val == INT64_MIN) {
-    memset(buf, ' ', 23);
-    return buf;
-  }
-  
   if (args.is_raw_time) {
     sprintf(buf, "%" PRId64, val);
     return buf;