diff --git a/library/Icinga/User.php b/library/Icinga/User.php
index da894151f..71e4b47e4 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/User.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/User.php
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ class User
      */
     public function isRemoteUser()
     {
-        return (count($this->remoteUserInformation)) ? true : false;
+        return ! empty($this->remoteUserInformation);
     }
 
     /**