From 1542cb7fb583ea12db3e4486865044a0f3e37c9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel Young <samuel.young@softwire.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:44:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fixup! CLDC-4105: Add soft validation to main flow

remove unneeded coalesce

remove unneeded variable
---
 app/models/validations/soft_validations.rb | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/models/validations/soft_validations.rb b/app/models/validations/soft_validations.rb
index 1d37befeb..71d7818e6 100644
--- a/app/models/validations/soft_validations.rb
+++ b/app/models/validations/soft_validations.rb
@@ -290,12 +290,7 @@ private
   def at_least_one_person_working_situation_is_illness?
     return unless hhmemb
 
-    person_count = hhmemb || 8
-
-    (1..person_count).any? do |n|
-      ecstat = public_send("ecstat#{n}")
-      ecstat == 8
-    end
+    (1..hhmemb).any? { |n| public_send("ecstat#{n}") == 8 }
   end
 
   def no_one_in_household_with_illness?