diff --git a/ciscoconfparse/ccp_util.py b/ciscoconfparse/ccp_util.py
index e45babbf..b720b1eb 100644
--- a/ciscoconfparse/ccp_util.py
+++ b/ciscoconfparse/ccp_util.py
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ def captured(self):
 # do NOT wrap with @logger.catch(...)
 def _get_ipv4(val="", strict=False, stdlib=False, debug=0):
     """Return the requested IPv4 object to the caller.  This method heavily depends on IPv4Obj()"""
-    if not (isinstance(val, (str, int)):
+    if not isinstance(val, (str, int)):
         raise ValueError
 
     if not isinstance(strict, bool):