diff --git a/concat/typecheck/__init__.py b/concat/typecheck/__init__.py
index 3c94543..70f2581 100644
--- a/concat/typecheck/__init__.py
+++ b/concat/typecheck/__init__.py
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ def to_type(self, env: Environment) -> Tuple[Type, Environment]:
             if self._name is not None:
                 env[self._name] = ty
             return ty, env
-        elif self._name is not None:
+        if self._name is not None:
             ty = env[self._name]
             if not (ty.kind <= ItemKind):
                 raise TypeError(