diff --git a/Libraries/LibHTML/HtmlView.cpp b/Libraries/LibHTML/HtmlView.cpp
index b467290cdf..a8948f8f18 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibHTML/HtmlView.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibHTML/HtmlView.cpp
@@ -319,11 +319,7 @@ void HtmlView::scroll_to_anchor(const StringView& name)
     if (!document())
         return;
 
-    const HTMLAnchorElement* element = nullptr;
-    if (auto* candidate = document()->get_element_by_id(name)) {
-        if (is<HTMLAnchorElement>(*candidate))
-            element = to<HTMLAnchorElement>(candidate);
-    }
+    auto* element = document()->get_element_by_id(name);
     if (!element) {
         auto candidates = document()->get_elements_by_name(name);
         for (auto* candidate : candidates) {