diff --git a/ChangeLog.asciidoc b/ChangeLog.asciidoc
index 41323d784..2c4ecc8de 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.asciidoc
+++ b/ChangeLog.asciidoc
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ https://weechat.org/files/releasenotes/ReleaseNotes-devel.html[release notes]
 
 === Bugs fixed
 
+* core: fix display of time in bare display when option
+  weechat.look.buffer_time_format is set to empty string (closes #441)
 * fifo: fix send error on Cygwin when something is received in the pipe
   (closes #436)
 * irc: fix errors displayed on WHOX messages received (closes #376)
diff --git a/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-chat.c b/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-chat.c
index 51d30c7a0..a662d4b24 100644
--- a/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-chat.c
+++ b/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-chat.c
@@ -1905,8 +1905,6 @@ gui_chat_get_bare_line (struct t_gui_line *line)
     str_time[0] = '\0';
     if (line->data->buffer->time_for_each_line
         && (line->data->date > 0)
-        && CONFIG_STRING(config_look_buffer_time_format)
-        && CONFIG_STRING(config_look_buffer_time_format)[0]
         && CONFIG_STRING(config_look_bare_display_time_format)
         && CONFIG_STRING(config_look_bare_display_time_format)[0])
     {