diff --git a/zulip/integrations/bridge_with_matrix/matrix_bridge.py b/zulip/integrations/bridge_with_matrix/matrix_bridge.py
index ba7779d..0b140c7 100644
--- a/zulip/integrations/bridge_with_matrix/matrix_bridge.py
+++ b/zulip/integrations/bridge_with_matrix/matrix_bridge.py
@@ -75,10 +75,7 @@ def matrix_to_zulip(
         zulip_bot_user = ('@%s:matrix.org' % matrix_config['username'])
         # We do this to identify the messages generated from Zulip -> Matrix
         # and we make sure we don't forward it again to the Zulip stream.
-        not_from_zulip_bot = (
-            'body' not in event['content']
-            or event['sender'] != zulip_bot_user
-        )
+        not_from_zulip_bot = event['sender'] != zulip_bot_user
 
         if not_from_zulip_bot and content:
             try: