diff --git a/src/transport.cpp b/src/transport.cpp
index 16e2de68cdd2053ddf2cc6d8c18f8eb5fe3515cf..9c7172bed42f4030574c7535ef6b54a907be1c00 100644
--- a/src/transport.cpp
+++ b/src/transport.cpp
@@ -275,9 +275,8 @@ void Component::handleDataWritten(const Swift::SafeByteArray &data) {
 }
 
 void Component::handlePresence(Swift::Presence::ref presence) {
-	bool isMUC = presence->getPayload<MUCPayload>() != NULL || *presence->getTo().getNode().c_str() == '#';
 	// filter out login/logout presence spam
-	if (!presence->getTo().getNode().empty() && isMUC == false)
+	if (!presence->getTo().getNode().empty())
 		return;
 
 	// filter out bad presences