diff --git a/src/mlpack/methods/kmeans/elkan_kmeans_impl.hpp b/src/mlpack/methods/kmeans/elkan_kmeans_impl.hpp
index 8b4ed25eb7..917a413587 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/methods/kmeans/elkan_kmeans_impl.hpp
+++ b/src/mlpack/methods/kmeans/elkan_kmeans_impl.hpp
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ double ElkanKMeans<DistanceType, MatType>::Iterate(const arma::mat& centroids,
       // No change needed.  This point must still belong to that cluster.
       counts(assignments[i])++;
       newCentroids.col(assignments[i]) += arma::vec(dataset.col(i));
-      continue;
     }
     else
     {