diff --git a/Classes/PHPExcel/Calculation/LookupRef.php b/Classes/PHPExcel/Calculation/LookupRef.php
index 94f42e5f2..75e7f69ce 100644
--- a/Classes/PHPExcel/Calculation/LookupRef.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPExcel/Calculation/LookupRef.php
@@ -735,11 +735,7 @@ public static function VLOOKUP($lookup_value, $lookup_array, $index_number, $not
 				return PHPExcel_Calculation_Functions::NA();
 			} else {
 				//	otherwise return the appropriate value
-				$result = $lookup_array[$rowNumber][$returnColumn];
-				if ((is_numeric($lookup_value) && is_numeric($result)) ||
-					(!is_numeric($lookup_value) && !is_numeric($result))) {
-					return $result;
-				}
+				return $lookup_array[$rowNumber][$returnColumn];
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -802,8 +798,7 @@ public static function HLOOKUP($lookup_value, $lookup_array, $index_number, $not
                 return PHPExcel_Calculation_Functions::NA();
             } else {
                 //  otherwise return the appropriate value
-                $result = $lookup_array[$returnColumn][$rowNumber];
-				return $result;
+                return $lookup_array[$returnColumn][$rowNumber];
             }
         }