diff --git a/assignment-client/src/AssignmentClient.cpp b/assignment-client/src/AssignmentClient.cpp
index 29125fee6f..3eb3c83b83 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/AssignmentClient.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/AssignmentClient.cpp
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ void AssignmentClient::sendAssignmentRequest() {
 
         auto nodeList = DependencyManager::get<NodeList>();
 
-        if (_assignmentServerHostname == "localhost" && _disableDomainPortAutoDiscovery == false) {
+        if (_assignmentServerHostname == "localhost" && !_disableDomainPortAutoDiscovery) {
             // we want to check again for the local domain-server port in case the DS has restarted
             quint16 localAssignmentServerPort;
             if (nodeList->getLocalServerPortFromSharedMemory(DOMAIN_SERVER_LOCAL_PORT_SMEM_KEY, localAssignmentServerPort)) {
diff --git a/assignment-client/src/AssignmentClientMonitor.cpp b/assignment-client/src/AssignmentClientMonitor.cpp
index 811a731707..43d788f5d1 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/AssignmentClientMonitor.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/AssignmentClientMonitor.cpp
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ void AssignmentClientMonitor::spawnChildClient() {
         _childArguments.append("--" + ASSIGNMENT_TYPE_OVERRIDE_OPTION);
         _childArguments.append(QString::number(_requestAssignmentType));
     }
-    if (_disableDomainPortAutoDiscovery != false) {
+    if (_disableDomainPortAutoDiscovery) {
         _childArguments.append("--" + ASSIGNMENT_DISABLE_DOMAIN_AUTO_PORT_DISCOVERY);
     }