diff --git a/src/apply.c b/src/apply.c
index 676d97137..1de989ac3 100644
--- a/src/apply.c
+++ b/src/apply.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.7	apply.c	$NHDT-Date: 1720128162 2024/07/04 21:22:42 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.449 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.7	apply.c	$NHDT-Date: 1737275719 2025/01/19 00:35:19 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.464 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Robert Patrick Rankin, 2012. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -232,8 +232,7 @@ its_dead(coordxy rx, coordxy ry, int *resp)
             /* (most corpses don't retain the monster's sex, so
                we're usually forced to use generic pronoun here) */
             if (mtmp) {
-                mptr = mtmp->data = &mons[mtmp->mnum];
-                /* TRUE: override visibility check--it's not on the map */
+                mtmp->data = &mons[mtmp->mnum];
                 gndr = pronoun_gender(mtmp, PRONOUN_NO_IT);
             } else {
                 mptr = &mons[corpse->corpsenm];