diff --git a/sw/snRuntime/src/platforms/standalone/putchar.c b/sw/snRuntime/src/platforms/standalone/putchar.c
index eff127f4..be8db6f4 100644
--- a/sw/snRuntime/src/platforms/standalone/putchar.c
+++ b/sw/snRuntime/src/platforms/standalone/putchar.c
@@ -19,21 +19,19 @@ static volatile struct putc_buffer {
 
 // Provide an implementation for putchar.
 void snrt_putchar(char character) {
-    if (@HTIF_SERVER@ == 1){
-        volatile struct putc_buffer *buf = &putc_buffer[snrt_hartid()];
-        buf->data[buf->hdr.size++] = character;
-        if (buf->hdr.size == PUTC_BUFFER_LEN || character == '\n') {
-            buf->hdr.syscall_mem[0] = 64;  // sys_write
-            buf->hdr.syscall_mem[1] = 1;   // file descriptor (1 = stdout)
-            buf->hdr.syscall_mem[2] = (uintptr_t)&buf->data;  // buffer
-            buf->hdr.syscall_mem[3] = buf->hdr.size;          // length
+    volatile struct putc_buffer *buf = &putc_buffer[snrt_hartid()];
+    buf->data[buf->hdr.size++] = character;
+    if (buf->hdr.size == PUTC_BUFFER_LEN || character == '\n') {
+        buf->hdr.syscall_mem[0] = 64;  // sys_write
+        buf->hdr.syscall_mem[1] = 1;   // file descriptor (1 = stdout)
+        buf->hdr.syscall_mem[2] = (uintptr_t)&buf->data;  // buffer
+        buf->hdr.syscall_mem[3] = buf->hdr.size;          // length
 
-            tohost = (uintptr_t)buf->hdr.syscall_mem;
-            while (fromhost == 0)
-                ;
-            fromhost = 0;
+        tohost = (uintptr_t)buf->hdr.syscall_mem;
+        while (fromhost == 0)
+            ;
+        fromhost = 0;
 
-            buf->hdr.size = 0;
-        }
+        buf->hdr.size = 0;
     }
 }