From a87c81a64fc0347f2a2624b69f18d257f16dc239 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "James R. Barlow" <jim@purplerock.ca>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 01:28:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] helpers: remove unnecessary isinstance test

---
 src/ocrmypdf/helpers.py | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/helpers.py b/src/ocrmypdf/helpers.py
index ff4bb13a..964f7670 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/helpers.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/helpers.py
@@ -144,11 +144,7 @@ def is_file_writable(test_file: os.PathLike):
     the location is writable.
     """
     try:
-        if not isinstance(test_file, Path):
-            p = Path(test_file)
-        else:
-            p = test_file
-
+        p = Path(test_file)
         if p.is_symlink():
             p = p.resolve(strict=False)