diff --git a/siteupdate/cplusplus/siteupdate.cpp b/siteupdate/cplusplus/siteupdate.cpp
index 91612622..33252cf2 100644
--- a/siteupdate/cplusplus/siteupdate.cpp
+++ b/siteupdate/cplusplus/siteupdate.cpp
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 				q->is_reversed = 1;
 				r.is_reversed = 1;
 			}
-			else if ( !q->con_end()->same_coords(r.con_beg()) )
+			else
 			{	datacheckerrors->add(&r, r.con_beg()->label, "", "",
 						     "DISCONNECTED_ROUTE", q->con_end()->root_at_label());
 				datacheckerrors->add(q, q->con_end()->label, "", "",
diff --git a/siteupdate/python-teresco/siteupdate.py b/siteupdate/python-teresco/siteupdate.py
index 1ec7e47c..73f1de2d 100755
--- a/siteupdate/python-teresco/siteupdate.py
+++ b/siteupdate/python-teresco/siteupdate.py
@@ -2894,7 +2894,7 @@ def run(self):
             elif q.con_beg().same_coords(r.con_end()):
                 q.is_reversed = True
                 r.is_reversed = True
-            elif not q.con_end().same_coords(r.con_beg()):
+            else:
                 datacheckerrors.append(DatacheckEntry(r, [r.con_beg().label],
                                        "DISCONNECTED_ROUTE", q.root + '@' + q.con_end().label))
                 datacheckerrors.append(DatacheckEntry(q, [q.con_end().label],