diff --git a/interfaces/ktexteditor/cursor.h b/interfaces/ktexteditor/cursor.h
index cbb6a83f..1eec7234 100644
--- a/interfaces/ktexteditor/cursor.h
+++ b/interfaces/ktexteditor/cursor.h
@@ -306,10 +306,7 @@ class KTEXTEDITOR_EXPORT Cursor
      * kDebug() stream operator.  Writes this cursor to the debug output in a nicely formatted way.
      */
     inline friend QDebug operator<< (QDebug s, const Cursor& cursor) {
-      if (&cursor)
-        s.nospace() << "(" << cursor.line() << ", " << cursor.column() << ")";
-      else
-        s.nospace() << "(null cursor)";
+      s.nospace() << "(" << cursor.line() << ", " << cursor.column() << ")";
       return s.space();
     }
 
diff --git a/interfaces/ktexteditor/range.h b/interfaces/ktexteditor/range.h
index 30b03883..9aa2ba0b 100644
--- a/interfaces/ktexteditor/range.h
+++ b/interfaces/ktexteditor/range.h
@@ -569,10 +569,7 @@ class KTEXTEDITOR_EXPORT Range
      * kDebug() stream operator.  Writes this range to the debug output in a nicely formatted way.
      */
     inline friend QDebug operator<< (QDebug s, const Range& range) {
-      if (&range)
-        s << "[" << range.start() << " -> " << range.end() << "]";
-      else
-        s << "(null range)";
+      s << "[" << range.start() << " -> " << range.end() << "]";
       return s;
     }