diff --git a/src/renderers/webgl/WebGLBackground.js b/src/renderers/webgl/WebGLBackground.js
index b1ee3efd6982ac..c236a0c2039a89 100644
--- a/src/renderers/webgl/WebGLBackground.js
+++ b/src/renderers/webgl/WebGLBackground.js
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ function WebGLBackground( renderer, cubemaps, cubeuvmaps, state, objects, alpha,
 			boxMesh.material.uniforms.flipEnvMap.value = ( background.isCubeTexture && background.isRenderTargetTexture === false ) ? - 1 : 1;
 			boxMesh.material.uniforms.backgroundBlurriness.value = scene.backgroundBlurriness;
 			boxMesh.material.uniforms.backgroundIntensity.value = scene.backgroundIntensity;
-			boxMesh.material.toneMapped = ( ColorManagement.getTransfer( background.colorSpace ) === SRGBTransfer ) ? false : true;
+			boxMesh.material.toneMapped = ColorManagement.getTransfer( background.colorSpace ) !== SRGBTransfer;
 
 			if ( currentBackground !== background ||
 				currentBackgroundVersion !== background.version ||
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ function WebGLBackground( renderer, cubemaps, cubeuvmaps, state, objects, alpha,
 
 			planeMesh.material.uniforms.t2D.value = background;
 			planeMesh.material.uniforms.backgroundIntensity.value = scene.backgroundIntensity;
-			planeMesh.material.toneMapped = ( ColorManagement.getTransfer( background.colorSpace ) === SRGBTransfer ) ? false : true;
+			planeMesh.material.toneMapped = ColorManagement.getTransfer( background.colorSpace ) !== SRGBTransfer;
 
 			if ( background.matrixAutoUpdate === true ) {