diff --git a/src/js/form-model.js b/src/js/form-model.js
index 0db376ad1..53c049b33 100644
--- a/src/js/form-model.js
+++ b/src/js/form-model.js
@@ -1561,30 +1561,18 @@ FormModel.prototype.evaluate = function (
     }
 
     // try native to see if that works... (will not work if the expr contains custom OpenRosa functions)
-    if (
-        tryNative &&
-        typeof doc.evaluate !== 'undefined' &&
-        !OPENROSA.test(expr)
-    ) {
-        try {
-            // console.log( 'trying the blazing fast native XPath Evaluator for', expr, index );
-            result = doc.evaluate(
-                expr,
-                context,
-                this.getNsResolver(),
-                resTypeNum,
-                null
-            );
-        } catch (e) {
-            // console.log( '%cWell native XPath evaluation did not work... No worries, worth a shot, the expression probably ' +
-            //    'contained unknown OpenRosa functions or errors:', expr );
-        }
-    }
-
-    // if that didn't work, try the slow XPathJS evaluator
-    if (!result) {
+    try {
+        // console.log( 'trying the blazing fast native XPath Evaluator for', expr, index );
+        result = doc.evaluate(
+            expr,
+            context,
+            this.getNsResolver(),
+            resTypeNum,
+            null
+        );
+    } catch {
         try {
-            if (typeof doc.jsEvaluate === 'undefined') {
+            if ( typeof doc.jsEvaluate === 'undefined' ) {
                 this.bindJsEvaluator();
             }
             // console.log( 'trying the slow enketo-xpathjs "openrosa" evaluator for', expr, index );
@@ -1595,7 +1583,7 @@ FormModel.prototype.evaluate = function (
                 resTypeNum,
                 null
             );
-        } catch (e) {
+        } catch ( e ) {
             throw new FormLogicError(
                 `Could not evaluate: ${expr}, message: ${e.message}`
             );