diff --git a/lib/exe/css.php b/lib/exe/css.php
index 52a29dbc2517df139b05b4d5198557c3474065ed..943f3f4c27039382d155f7dbfcce38ba32db8508 100644
--- a/lib/exe/css.php
+++ b/lib/exe/css.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ function css_out(){
             $files = array_merge($files, $styleini['stylesheets'][$mediatype]);
         }
         // load user styles
-        if(is_array($config_cascade['userstyle'][$mediatype]) && count($config_cascade['userstyle'][$mediatype])>0) {
+        if(is_array($config_cascade['userstyle'][$mediatype])) {
             foreach($config_cascade['userstyle'][$mediatype] as $userstyle) {
                 $files[$userstyle] = DOKU_BASE;
             }
diff --git a/lib/exe/js.php b/lib/exe/js.php
index 52af4feb078e51a17b2fdd1b8bbe5a86fde22e76..81afaf053fa103182d18cd92174e307d5e1784a3 100644
--- a/lib/exe/js.php
+++ b/lib/exe/js.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ function js_out(){
 
     // add possible plugin scripts and userscript
     $files   = array_merge($files,js_pluginscripts());
-    if(is_array($config_cascade['userscript']['default']) && count($config_cascade['userscript']['default'])>0) {
+    if(is_array($config_cascade['userscript']['default'])) {
         foreach($config_cascade['userscript']['default'] as $userscript) {
             $files[] = $userscript;
         }