diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/Base64Variant.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/Base64Variant.java
index 888fb8b958..4cf54b1709 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/Base64Variant.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/Base64Variant.java
@@ -301,7 +301,6 @@ protected Object readResolve() {
                 || (_paddingChar != base._paddingChar)
                 || (_paddingReadBehaviour != base._paddingReadBehaviour)
                 || (_maxLineLength != base._maxLineLength)
-                || (_writePadding != base._writePadding)
                 ) {
             return new Base64Variant(base,
                     _name, _writePadding, _paddingChar, _paddingReadBehaviour, _maxLineLength);