diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 4d2f50bb9..72411ab1f 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Version 1.6.33rc01 [September 20, 2017]
 Version 1.6.33rc02 [September 22, 2017]
   Added an interlaced version of each file in contrib/pngsuite.
   Relocate new memset() call in pngrutil.c.
+  Removed more redundant tests (suggested by "irwir" in Github issue #180).
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 65e4cb370..f6ba9dd56 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -6028,6 +6028,7 @@ Version 1.6.33rc01 [September 20, 2017]
 Version 1.6.33rc02 [September 22, 2017]
   Added an interlaced version of each file in contrib/pngsuite.
   Relocate new memset() call in pngrutil.c.
+  Removed more redundant tests (suggested by "irwir" in Github issue #180).
 
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diff --git a/pngrutil.c b/pngrutil.c
index fb6d6b7a2..5f0fe5ba0 100644
--- a/pngrutil.c
+++ b/pngrutil.c
@@ -1585,11 +1585,9 @@ png_handle_iCCP(png_structrp png_ptr, png_inforp info_ptr, png_uint_32 length)
                                     }
                                  }
 
-                                 else if (size > 0)
-                                    errmsg = "truncated";
-
+                                 errmsg = "truncated";
 #ifndef __COVERITY__
-                                 else
+                                 if (size == 0)
                                     errmsg = png_ptr->zstream.msg;
 #endif
                               }
diff --git a/pngwrite.c b/pngwrite.c
index a7662acb7..a16d77ce0 100644
--- a/pngwrite.c
+++ b/pngwrite.c
@@ -1940,7 +1940,7 @@ png_image_write_main(png_voidp argument)
    int colormap = (format & PNG_FORMAT_FLAG_COLORMAP);
    int linear = !colormap && (format & PNG_FORMAT_FLAG_LINEAR); /* input */
    int alpha = !colormap && (format & PNG_FORMAT_FLAG_ALPHA);
-   int write_16bit = linear && !colormap && (display->convert_to_8bit == 0);
+   int write_16bit = linear && (display->convert_to_8bit == 0);
 
 #   ifdef PNG_BENIGN_ERRORS_SUPPORTED
       /* Make sure we error out on any bad situation */