diff --git a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/ResultSetMetaData.java b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/ResultSetMetaData.java
index d9e09c01dd..73575cbaca 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/ResultSetMetaData.java
+++ b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/ResultSetMetaData.java
@@ -419,10 +419,7 @@ public class ResultSetMetaData implements java.sql.ResultSetMetaData
    */
   public boolean isWritable(int column) throws SQLException
   {
-    if (isReadOnly(column))
-      return true;
-    else
-      return false;
+    return !isReadOnly(column);
   }
   
   /**
diff --git a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc2/ResultSetMetaData.java b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc2/ResultSetMetaData.java
index 5d878b149e..d1db49c054 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc2/ResultSetMetaData.java
+++ b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc2/ResultSetMetaData.java
@@ -414,10 +414,7 @@ public class ResultSetMetaData implements java.sql.ResultSetMetaData
    */
   public boolean isWritable(int column) throws SQLException
   {
-    if (isReadOnly(column))
-      return true;
-    else
-      return false;
+    return !isReadOnly(column);
   }
   
   /**