diff --git a/src/tools/msvc.py b/src/tools/msvc.py
index 7daadffd9..02dce9f9e 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc.py
+++ b/src/tools/msvc.py
@@ -115,10 +115,7 @@ def init(version = None, command = None, options = None):
     command = to_seq(command)
     
     if command:
-        if isinstance(command, str):
-            options.append('<command>' + command)
-        else:
-            options.extend("<command>"+cmd for cmd in command)
+        options.extend("<command>"+cmd for cmd in command)
     configure(version,options)
 
 def configure(version=None, options=None):