diff --git a/src/providers/FileSystemProvider/TextSearchProvider.ts b/src/providers/FileSystemProvider/TextSearchProvider.ts
index 2821ba27..d9e62636 100644
--- a/src/providers/FileSystemProvider/TextSearchProvider.ts
+++ b/src/providers/FileSystemProvider/TextSearchProvider.ts
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ export class TextSearchProvider implements vscode.TextSearchProvider {
                 if (token.isCancellationRequested) {
                   return;
                 }
-                if (project != undefined && file.doc.includes("/")) {
+                if (project && file.doc.includes("/")) {
                   // Check if this web app file is in the project
                   if (!projectList.includes(file.doc.slice(1))) {
                     // This web app file isn't in the project, so ignore its matches