diff --git a/bob/ip/binseg/data/drive/__init__.py b/bob/ip/binseg/data/drive/__init__.py
index 58d101adde6d1f2c8bdf0301d1f7e6abacecead0..2e6e8aef4914f48c7086663ef34a02261d47645b 100644
--- a/bob/ip/binseg/data/drive/__init__.py
+++ b/bob/ip/binseg/data/drive/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import bob.extension
 from ..jsondataset import JSONDataset
 from ..loader import load_pil_rgb, load_pil_1
 
-
 _protocols = [
         pkg_resources.resource_filename(__name__, "default.json"),
         pkg_resources.resource_filename(__name__, "second-annotation.json"),
diff --git a/bob/ip/binseg/data/utils.py b/bob/ip/binseg/data/utils.py
index 50db3da3b05b50064ce981d7b633ba45b7a32537..ecb90bca58a7c6fe2e8dcf0eb56e10d927e6a6d9 100644
--- a/bob/ip/binseg/data/utils.py
+++ b/bob/ip/binseg/data/utils.py
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@ def rc_variable_set(name):
     def wrapped_function(test):
         @functools.wraps(test)
         def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-            if bob.extension.rc[name]:
-                return test(*args, **kwargs)
-            else:
+            if name not in bob.extension.rc:
                 raise nose.plugins.skip.SkipTest("Bob's RC variable '%s' is not set" % name)
+            return test(*args, **kwargs)
 
         return wrapper