diff --git a/radicale/config.py b/radicale/config.py
index 94134b1..5204f4c 100644
--- a/radicale/config.py
+++ b/radicale/config.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ for section, values in INITIAL_CONFIG.items():
 
 _CONFIG_PARSER.read("/etc/radicale/config")
 _CONFIG_PARSER.read(os.path.expanduser("~/.config/radicale/config"))
-if os.environ.get('RADICALE_CONFIG', None):
+if 'RADICALE_CONFIG' in os.environ:
     _CONFIG_PARSER.read(os.environ['RADICALE_CONFIG'])
 
 # Wrap config module into ConfigParser instance