diff --git a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-diffsigs b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-diffsigs
index f84188d57f..5400e5b92b 100755
--- a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-diffsigs
+++ b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-diffsigs
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@ logger = bb.msg.logger_create('bitbake-diffsigs')
 def find_compare_task(bbhandler, pn, taskname):
     """ Find the most recent signature files for the specified PN/task and compare them """
 
-    def get_hashval(siginfo):
-        if siginfo.endswith('.siginfo'):
-            return siginfo.rpartition(':')[2].partition('_')[0]
-        else:
-            return siginfo.rpartition('.')[2]
-
     if not hasattr(bb.siggen, 'find_siginfo'):
         logger.error('Metadata does not support finding signature data files')
         sys.exit(1)
@@ -59,16 +53,6 @@ def find_compare_task(bbhandler, pn, taskname):
         logger.error('Only one matching sigdata file found for the specified task (%s %s)' % (pn, taskname))
         sys.exit(1)
     else:
-        # It's possible that latestfiles contain 3 elements and the first two have the same hash value.
-        # In this case, we delete the second element.
-        # The above case is actually the most common one. Because we may have sigdata file and siginfo
-        # file having the same hash value. Comparing such two files makes no sense.
-        if len(latestfiles) == 3:
-            hash0 = get_hashval(latestfiles[0])
-            hash1 = get_hashval(latestfiles[1])
-            if hash0 == hash1:
-                latestfiles.pop(1)
-
         # Define recursion callback
         def recursecb(key, hash1, hash2):
             hashes = [hash1, hash2]