1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/sway/ipc-json.c b/sway/ipc-json.c
index 0233a36e..03582950 100644
--- a/sway/ipc-json.c
+++ b/sway/ipc-json.c
@@ -160,11 +160,8 @@ static void ipc_json_describe_view(struct sway_container *c, json_object *object
         json_object_object_add(object, "type", json_object_new_string("con"));
 
         if (c->parent) {
-                enum sway_container_layout layout = (c->parent->type == C_CONTAINER) ?
-                        c->parent->layout : c->layout;
-
                 json_object_object_add(object, "layout",
-                        json_object_new_string(ipc_json_layout_description(layout)));
+                        json_object_new_string(ipc_json_layout_description(c->layout)));
         }
 }