diff --git a/src/tap/data/ResultSetTableIterator.java b/src/tap/data/ResultSetTableIterator.java
index 91d554589c2c24fd57fe7428a33a0fd4489b2baf..91a8faa980e0a9ffdec6271968dc32a8a57e6d50 100644
--- a/src/tap/data/ResultSetTableIterator.java
+++ b/src/tap/data/ResultSetTableIterator.java
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ public class ResultSetTableIterator implements TableIterator {
 			else if (colType != null && colValue != null && colType.type == DBDatatype.CHAR && (colType.length == 1 || colType.length <= 0) && colValue instanceof String)
 				colValue = ((String)colValue).charAt(0);
 			// if the column value is a geometrical object, it must be serialized in STC-S:
-			else if ((translator != null && colType != null && colType.isGeometry()) || colValue instanceof byte[]) {
+			else if (translator != null && colType != null && colType.isGeometry()) {
 				try{
 					Region region = translator.translateGeometryFromDB(colValue);
 					if (region != null)