diff --git a/common/workflow-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/texera/amber/core/tuple/Attribute.java b/common/workflow-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/texera/amber/core/tuple/Attribute.java
index fb434e08752..0d87ba9911f 100644
--- a/common/workflow-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/texera/amber/core/tuple/Attribute.java
+++ b/common/workflow-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/texera/amber/core/tuple/Attribute.java
@@ -80,13 +80,6 @@ public boolean equals(Object toCompare) {
 
         Attribute that = (Attribute) toCompare;
 
-        if (this.attributeName == null) {
-            return that.attributeName == null;
-        }
-        if (this.attributeType == null) {
-            return that.attributeType == null;
-        }
-
         return this.attributeName.equalsIgnoreCase(that.attributeName) && this.attributeType.equals(that.attributeType);
     }