diff --git a/browser.js b/browser.js
index 702f2177..eaf1a133 100644
--- a/browser.js
+++ b/browser.js
@@ -103,9 +103,8 @@ function formatArgs() {
 function log() {
   // This hackery is required for IE8,
   // where the `console.log` function doesn't have 'apply'
-  return 'object' == typeof console
-    && 'function' == typeof console.log
-    || 'object' == typeof console.log // IE 8-9 reports console methods as objects when using the typeof operator.
+  return console
+    && console.log
     && Function.prototype.apply.call(console.log, console, arguments);
 }