erc--switch-to-buffer has the following code at the end: ... (when buf (erc--buffer-p buf (lambda () t) proc) (with-current-buffer buf (and (derived-mode-p 'erc-mode) (or (null proc) (eq proc erc-server-process))))) ... but erc--buffer-p is already doing the checks with buf as current buffer: (defun erc--buffer-p (buf predicate proc) (with-current-buffer buf (and (derived-mode-p 'erc-mode) (or (not proc) (eq proc erc-server-process)) (funcall predicate) buf))) The entire sexp starting with `with-current-buffer ...` can be removed without changing the semantics of erc--switch-to-buffer. 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