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diff --git a/MagickCore/channel.c b/MagickCore/channel.c
index 307596c222051e3587a15c90581f945a337a0855..c95b237480f0628ef2e2a119b88a86ad6fa2e88d 100644 (file)
--- a/MagickCore/channel.c
+++ b/MagickCore/channel.c
@@ -853,8 +853,7 @@ MagickExport Image *SeparateImages(const Image *image,ExceptionInfo *exception)
   {
     PixelChannel channel=GetPixelChannelChannel(image,i);
     PixelTrait traits=GetPixelChannelTraits(image,channel);
-    if ((traits == UndefinedPixelTrait) ||
-        ((traits & UpdatePixelTrait) == 0))
+    if (traits == UndefinedPixelTrait)
       continue;
     separate_image=SeparateImage(image,(ChannelType) (1 << channel),exception);
     if (separate_image != (Image *) NULL)