diff --git a/lodash.js b/lodash.js
index 9b250d91e..3ff4c2bd0 100644
--- a/lodash.js
+++ b/lodash.js
@@ -4665,17 +4665,14 @@
      */
     function compose() {
       var funcs = arguments,
-          length = funcs.length;
+          funcsLength = funcs.length,
+          length = funcsLength;
 
       while (length--) {
         if (!isFunction(funcs[length])) {
           throw new TypeError;
         }
       }
-      var funcsLength = funcs.length;
-      if (funcsLength === 1) {
-        return funcs[0];
-      }
       return function() {
         var length = funcsLength - 1,
             result = funcs[length].apply(this, arguments);