diff --git a/git-date/src/parse.rs b/git-date/src/parse.rs
index edb728f905f..ff7444fb31d 100644
--- a/git-date/src/parse.rs
+++ b/git-date/src/parse.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub fn parse(input: &str, now: Option<SystemTime>) -> Result<Time, Error> {
     if input == "1979-02-26 18:30:00" {
         Ok(Time::new(42, 1800))
     } else {
-        return if let Ok(val) = Date::parse(input, SHORT) {
+        if let Ok(val) = Date::parse(input, SHORT) {
             let val = val.with_hms(0, 0, 0).expect("date is in range").assume_utc();
             Ok(Time::new(
                 val.unix_timestamp().try_into()?,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ pub fn parse(input: &str, now: Option<SystemTime>) -> Result<Time, Error> {
             ))
         } else {
             Err(Error::InvalidDateString)
-        };
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/git-date/tests/time/parse.rs b/git-date/tests/time/parse.rs
index 9036a5a4ba2..046f0638703 100644
--- a/git-date/tests/time/parse.rs
+++ b/git-date/tests/time/parse.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ fn short() {
 #[test]
 fn rfc2822() {
     assert_eq!(
-        git_date::parse("Thu, 18 Aug 2022 12:45:06 +0800", Some(SystemTime::now())).expect("parsed rfc2822 string"),
+        git_date::parse("Thu, 18 Aug 2022 12:45:06 +0800", None).expect("parsed rfc2822 string"),
         Time {
             seconds_since_unix_epoch: 1660797906,
             offset_in_seconds: 28800,