diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb2_commons/plugin/removeannotation/RemoveAnnotationPlugin.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb2_commons/plugin/removeannotation/RemoveAnnotationPlugin.java
index bb28140..600cee6 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb2_commons/plugin/removeannotation/RemoveAnnotationPlugin.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb2_commons/plugin/removeannotation/RemoveAnnotationPlugin.java
@@ -364,9 +364,6 @@ private void removeAnnotation(final JCodeModel codeModel,
 			}
 		}
 		else {
-			if (annotatable.annotations() == null || annotatable.annotations().isEmpty()) {
-				return;
-			}
 			JClass annotationClass = codeModel.ref(aClass);
 			
 			JAnnotationUse annotationUse = null;