diff --git a/src/main/java/build/buf/protovalidate/MessageEvaluator.java b/src/main/java/build/buf/protovalidate/MessageEvaluator.java
index e7966473..150cae21 100644
--- a/src/main/java/build/buf/protovalidate/MessageEvaluator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/build/buf/protovalidate/MessageEvaluator.java
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ public List<RuleViolation.Builder> evaluate(Value val, boolean failFast)
    * @param eval The evaluator to append.
    */
   void append(Evaluator eval) {
+    if (eval.tautology()) {
+      return;
+    }
     evaluators.add(eval);
   }
 }