diff --git a/ribbon-eureka/src/main/java/com/netflix/niws/loadbalancer/EurekaNotificationServerListUpdater.java b/ribbon-eureka/src/main/java/com/netflix/niws/loadbalancer/EurekaNotificationServerListUpdater.java
index 2b388db7..e92affcf 100644
--- a/ribbon-eureka/src/main/java/com/netflix/niws/loadbalancer/EurekaNotificationServerListUpdater.java
+++ b/ribbon-eureka/src/main/java/com/netflix/niws/loadbalancer/EurekaNotificationServerListUpdater.java
@@ -83,10 +83,7 @@ public void run() {
 
         private int getCorePoolSize() {
             int propSize = poolSizeProp.get();
-            if (propSize > 0) {
-                return propSize;
-            }
-            return 2; // default
+            return (propSize > 0)?propSize:2; // 2 = default
         }        
     }
 
diff --git a/ribbon-eureka/src/main/java/com/netflix/niws/loadbalancer/LegacyEurekaClientProvider.java b/ribbon-eureka/src/main/java/com/netflix/niws/loadbalancer/LegacyEurekaClientProvider.java
index 5ccadc19..269e2357 100644
--- a/ribbon-eureka/src/main/java/com/netflix/niws/loadbalancer/LegacyEurekaClientProvider.java
+++ b/ribbon-eureka/src/main/java/com/netflix/niws/loadbalancer/LegacyEurekaClientProvider.java
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ class LegacyEurekaClientProvider implements Provider<EurekaClient> {
 
     @Override
     public synchronized EurekaClient get() {
-        if (eurekaClient == null) {
-            eurekaClient = DiscoveryManager.getInstance().getDiscoveryClient();
-        }
-
-        return eurekaClient;
+        return (eurekaClient == null)?DiscoveryManager.getInstance().getDiscoveryClient():eurekaClient;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}