diff --git a/orte/mca/routed/tree/routed_tree.c b/orte/mca/routed/tree/routed_tree.c
index a836f7ffe5..da38413231 100644
--- a/orte/mca/routed/tree/routed_tree.c
+++ b/orte/mca/routed/tree/routed_tree.c
@@ -115,8 +115,7 @@ orte_routed_tree_get_route(orte_process_name_t *target)
     /* check exact matches */
     rc = opal_hash_table_get_value_uint64(&orte_routed_tree_module.peer_list,
                                           orte_util_hash_name(target), (void**)&ret);
-    if (ORTE_SUCCESS == rc && 
-        OPAL_EQUAL != orte_util_compare_name_fields(ORTE_NS_CMP_ALL, ret, ORTE_NAME_INVALID)) {
+    if (ORTE_SUCCESS == rc) {
         /* got a good result - return it */
         goto found;
     }
@@ -124,8 +123,7 @@ orte_routed_tree_get_route(orte_process_name_t *target)
     /* didn't find an exact match - check to see if a route for this job was defined */
     rc = opal_hash_table_get_value_uint32(&orte_routed_tree_module.vpid_wildcard_list,
                                           target->jobid, (void**)&ret);
-    if (ORTE_SUCCESS == rc &&
-        OPAL_EQUAL != orte_util_compare_name_fields(ORTE_NS_CMP_ALL, ret, ORTE_NAME_INVALID)) {
+    if (ORTE_SUCCESS == rc) {
         /* got a good result - return it */
         goto found;
     }
diff --git a/orte/mca/routed/unity/routed_unity_component.c b/orte/mca/routed/unity/routed_unity_component.c
index 2e31303460..64965be93a 100644
--- a/orte/mca/routed/unity/routed_unity_component.c
+++ b/orte/mca/routed/unity/routed_unity_component.c
@@ -224,8 +224,7 @@ orte_routed_unity_get_route(orte_process_name_t *target)
     if (ORTE_JOB_FAMILY(target->jobid) != ORTE_JOB_FAMILY(ORTE_PROC_MY_NAME->jobid)) {
         rc = opal_hash_table_get_value_uint64(&peer_list, orte_util_hash_name(target),
                                               (void**)&ret);
-        if (ORTE_SUCCESS != rc &&
-            OPAL_EQUAL != orte_util_compare_name_fields(ORTE_NS_CMP_ALL, ret, ORTE_NAME_INVALID)) {
+        if (ORTE_SUCCESS == rc) {
             /* got a good result - return it */
             goto found;
         }
@@ -234,8 +233,7 @@ orte_routed_unity_get_route(orte_process_name_t *target)
         lookup.vpid = ORTE_VPID_WILDCARD;
         rc = opal_hash_table_get_value_uint64(&peer_list, orte_util_hash_name(&lookup),
                                               (void**)&ret);
-        if (ORTE_SUCCESS == rc &&
-            OPAL_EQUAL != orte_util_compare_name_fields(ORTE_NS_CMP_ALL, ret, ORTE_NAME_INVALID)) {
+        if (ORTE_SUCCESS == rc) {
             /* got a good result - return it */
             goto found;
         }