diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Metadata/Sources/MDQ.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Metadata/Sources/MDQ.php
index 373cb6f59bc33b5040086ff65f3bf58d73a82e19..10db837b9866dfbca25bfb21b042eca26fc26c52 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Metadata/Sources/MDQ.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Metadata/Sources/MDQ.php
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class MDQ extends \SimpleSAML\Metadata\MetaDataStorageSource
             case 'saml20-sp-remote':
                 return $entity->getMetadata20SP();
             case 'attributeauthority-remote':
-                return = $entity->getAttributeAuthorities();
+                return $entity->getAttributeAuthorities();
             default:
                 Logger::warning(__CLASS__ . ': unknown metadata set: \'' . $set . '\'.');
         }