--- a/admin/linkAmendments.php
+++ b/admin/linkAmendments.php
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
 c."parentCN" > 0 AND p."childCN" IS NULL ';
 $query = $conn->prepare($query);
 	$query->execute();
-	if (!$query) {
 		databaseError($conn->errorInfo());
-	}
 foreach ($query->fetchAll() as $row) {
   $conn->exec('UPDATE contractnotice SET "childCN" = \'' .
 			 $row['CNID'] . '\' where "CNID" = \'' .
@@ -36,9 +34,7 @@
 GROUP BY "parentCN" having count(*) > 1';
 $query = $conn->prepare($query);
 	$query->execute();
-	if (!$query) {
 		databaseError($conn->errorInfo());
-	}
 foreach ($query->fetchAll() as $row) {
 	$cnids = explode(",",str_replace(Array("{","}"),"",$row['array_agg']));
 	$last_cnid = array_pop($cnids);