diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/sequence/SequencesComparator.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/sequence/SequencesComparator.java
index f1ec95659f..3a1fc25b0e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/sequence/SequencesComparator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/sequence/SequencesComparator.java
@@ -195,14 +195,12 @@ private void buildScript(final int start1, final int end1, final int start2, fin
                     script.append(new KeepCommand<>(sequence1.get(i)));
                     ++i;
                     ++j;
+                } else if (end1 - start1 > end2 - start2) {
+                    script.append(new DeleteCommand<>(sequence1.get(i)));
+                    ++i;
                 } else {
-                    if (end1 - start1 > end2 - start2) {
-                        script.append(new DeleteCommand<>(sequence1.get(i)));
-                        ++i;
-                    } else {
-                        script.append(new InsertCommand<>(sequence2.get(j)));
-                        ++j;
-                    }
+                    script.append(new InsertCommand<>(sequence2.get(j)));
+                    ++j;
                 }
             }