diff --git a/examples/factorial.g b/examples/factorial.g
index 00171c8..02be3ae 100644
--- a/examples/factorial.g
+++ b/examples/factorial.g
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 .factorial
 MULA X
 DECX
-CMPX 0
 JXNZ factorial ; jump to .factorial if register X is not zero
 RTRN ; exit subroutine