diff --git a/pystencils/transformations.py b/pystencils/transformations.py
index 2113c84483a4c15e67e971860b285a2cc156f533..c022e728db0c7df47368be26941842e9664b2c76 100644
--- a/pystencils/transformations.py
+++ b/pystencils/transformations.py
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ def simplify_conditionals(node: ast.Node, loop_counter_simplification: bool = Fa
     """
     for conditional in node.atoms(ast.Conditional):
         # TODO simplify conditional before the type system! Casts make it very hard here
-        conditional.condition_expr = sp.simplify(conditional.condition_expr)
+        # conditional.condition_expr = sp.simplify(conditional.condition_expr)
         if conditional.condition_expr == sp.true:
             conditional.parent.replace(conditional, [conditional.true_block])
         elif conditional.condition_expr == sp.false: