diff --git a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/algorithm/ruin/JobNeighborhoodsOptimized.java b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/algorithm/ruin/JobNeighborhoodsOptimized.java
index 34e9ae33..58e7a4f0 100644
--- a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/algorithm/ruin/JobNeighborhoodsOptimized.java
+++ b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/algorithm/ruin/JobNeighborhoodsOptimized.java
@@ -95,10 +95,6 @@ class JobNeighborhoodsOptimized implements JobNeighborhoods {
 
     @Override
     public Iterator<Job> getNearestNeighborsIterator(int nNeighbors, Job neighborTo) {
-        if (neighborTo.getIndex() == 0) {
-            return Collections.emptyIterator();
-        }
-        
         int[] neighbors = this.neighbors[neighborTo.getIndex()-1];
         return new ArrayIterator(nNeighbors,neighbors,jobs);
     }
diff --git a/jsprit-core/src/test/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/algorithm/ruin/JobNeighborhoodsOptimizedTest.java b/jsprit-core/src/test/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/algorithm/ruin/JobNeighborhoodsOptimizedTest.java
index db80d59a..82f471e9 100644
--- a/jsprit-core/src/test/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/algorithm/ruin/JobNeighborhoodsOptimizedTest.java
+++ b/jsprit-core/src/test/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/algorithm/ruin/JobNeighborhoodsOptimizedTest.java
@@ -21,10 +21,8 @@ import com.graphhopper.jsprit.core.algorithm.ruin.distance.EuclideanServiceDista
 import com.graphhopper.jsprit.core.algorithm.ruin.distance.JobDistance;
 import com.graphhopper.jsprit.core.problem.Location;
 import com.graphhopper.jsprit.core.problem.VehicleRoutingProblem;
-import com.graphhopper.jsprit.core.problem.job.Break;
 import com.graphhopper.jsprit.core.problem.job.Job;
 import com.graphhopper.jsprit.core.problem.job.Service;
-
 import junit.framework.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -50,7 +48,6 @@ public class JobNeighborhoodsOptimizedTest {
     Service s5;
     Service s6;
     Service s7;
-    Break b1;
 
     @Before
     public void doBefore() {
@@ -63,8 +60,6 @@ public class JobNeighborhoodsOptimizedTest {
         s5 = Service.Builder.newInstance("s5").addSizeDimension(0, 1).setLocation(Location.newInstance(0, 6)).build();
         s6 = Service.Builder.newInstance("s6").addSizeDimension(0, 1).setLocation(Location.newInstance(0, 7)).build();
         s7 = Service.Builder.newInstance("s7").addSizeDimension(0, 1).setLocation(Location.newInstance(0, 8)).build();
-        
-        b1 = Break.Builder.newInstance("b1").build();
 
         vrp = builder.addJob(target).addJob(s2).addJob(s3).addJob(s4).addJob(s5).addJob(s6).addJob(s7).build();
 
@@ -146,16 +141,6 @@ public class JobNeighborhoodsOptimizedTest {
         assertEquals(2, services.size());
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void whenRequestingNeighborsForZeroIndexBreak_itShouldReturnEmptyIterator() {
-        JobNeighborhoodsOptimized jn = new JobNeighborhoodsOptimized(vrp,jobDistance,2);
-        jn.initialise();
-        Iterator<Job> iter = jn.getNearestNeighborsIterator(100, b1);
-        List<Service> services = new ArrayList<Service>();
-        while (iter.hasNext()) {
-            services.add((Service) iter.next());
-        }
-        assertEquals(0, services.size());
-    }
+
 
 }