diff --git a/devito/ir/support/guards.py b/devito/ir/support/guards.py
index 8a3842ddfd..54e0dce95c 100644
--- a/devito/ir/support/guards.py
+++ b/devito/ir/support/guards.py
@@ -278,6 +278,14 @@ class Guards(frozendict):
     construction of a new object, leaving self intact.
     """
 
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        mapper = dict(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        # A guard that reduces to `true` is pointless, hence never set
+        mapper = {d: v for d, v in mapper.items() if v != true}
+
+        super().__init__(mapper)
+
     def get(self, d, v=true):
         return super().get(d, v)
 
diff --git a/devito/passes/iet/languages/C.py b/devito/passes/iet/languages/C.py
index c5ac413ac4..0f687280ac 100644
--- a/devito/passes/iet/languages/C.py
+++ b/devito/passes/iet/languages/C.py
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ class CPrinter(BasePrinter, C99CodePrinter):
     def _print_ImaginaryUnit(self, expr):
         return '_Complex_I'
 
+    # C99 has no `true`/`false` without `stdbool.h`, which is never included
+    def _print_BooleanTrue(self, expr):
+        return '1'
+
+    def _print_BooleanFalse(self, expr):
+        return '0'
+
     def _print_ListInitializer(self, expr):
         li = super()._print_ListInitializer(expr)
         if expr.dtype:
diff --git a/tests/test_buffering.py b/tests/test_buffering.py
index 29c864e848..fa9b7d3562 100644
--- a/tests/test_buffering.py
+++ b/tests/test_buffering.py
@@ -1179,3 +1179,34 @@ def test_buffering_multi_cond(factor):
         # The last sample is on the subsampled grid, hence no extra slot
         expected[-2:] = [ntmod - 1, 0]
     assert np.allclose(f_all.data[:, 11, 11], expected)
+
+
+def test_true_condition_single_buffer():
+    """
+    A condition folded to `true` (`time` is nonnegative, so `time >= 0` is
+    `true`) imposes no guard. Reads of `f` under it and unguarded reads of `f`
+    must thus share one buffer.
+    """
+    grid = Grid(shape=(4, 4))
+    time = grid.time_dim
+    nt = 4
+
+    f = TimeFunction(name='f', grid=grid, time_order=0, space_order=0, save=nt)
+    g = TimeFunction(name='g', grid=grid, time_order=0, space_order=0)
+    h = TimeFunction(name='h', grid=grid, time_order=0, space_order=0)
+    for i in range(nt):
+        f.data[i] = i
+
+    ctrue = ConditionalDimension(name='ctrue', parent=time, condition=time >= 0,
+                                 relation='strict')
+
+    eqs = [Eq(g, g + f, implicit_dims=ctrue), Eq(h, h + 2*f)]
+
+    op = Operator(eqs, opt='buffering', name='TrueCondition')
+
+    buffers = [i for i in FindSymbols().visit(op.body) if i.is_Array and i._mem_heap]
+    assert len(buffers) == 1
+
+    op.apply(time_m=0, time_M=nt-1)
+    assert np.allclose(g.data[0], 6.)
+    assert np.allclose(h.data[0], 12.)
diff --git a/tests/test_dimension.py b/tests/test_dimension.py
index 3e28210fe5..70defe4452 100644
--- a/tests/test_dimension.py
+++ b/tests/test_dimension.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
-from sympy import And, Or
+from sympy import And, Or, false
 
 from conftest import assert_blocking, assert_structure, opts_tiling, skipif
 from devito import (  # noqa
@@ -2128,6 +2128,27 @@ def test_blocking_w_guard(self):
                               't,x0_blk0,y0_blk0,x,y,z'],
                          't,x0_blk0,y0_blk0,x,y,z,z')
 
+    def test_false_condition(self):
+        """
+        A condition that SymPy folds to `false` (`time` is nonnegative) must
+        still be printed as valid C.
+        """
+        grid = Grid(shape=(4, 4))
+        time = grid.time_dim
+
+        condition = time < 0
+        assert condition is false
+        ct = ConditionalDimension(name='ct', parent=time, condition=condition)
+
+        T = TimeFunction(name='T', grid=grid, time_order=0)
+        f = TimeFunction(name='f', grid=grid, time_order=0, save=2)
+
+        op = Operator([Eq(f, T + 1, implicit_dims=ct), Eq(T, T + 1)],
+                      name='FalseCondition')
+        op.apply(time_M=1)
+
+        assert np.all(f.data[:, 1, 1] == [0, 0])
+
 
 class TestCustomDimension:
 
diff --git a/tests/test_ir.py b/tests/test_ir.py
index 9a7b2e9fea..ad553af9da 100644
--- a/tests/test_ir.py
+++ b/tests/test_ir.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
-from sympy import S
+from sympy import And, Or, S
 
 from conftest import EVAL, skipif  # noqa
 from devito import (  # noqa
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from devito.ir.clusters import Cluster, ClusterGroup
 from devito.ir.equations import LoweredEq
 from devito.ir.equations.algorithms import dimension_sort
-from devito.ir.iet import FindNodes, Iteration
+from devito.ir.iet import Conditional, FindNodes, Iteration
 from devito.ir.stree import stree_build
 from devito.ir.support.basic import (
     AFFINE, IRREGULAR, REGULAR, IterationInstance, Relation, Scope, TimedAccess, Vector,
@@ -1716,6 +1716,35 @@ def test_local_sums(self):
 
 class TestGuards:
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('relation', [And, Or, 'strict'])
+    def test_true_never_set(self, relation):
+        """
+        A guard that reduces to `true` is pointless, hence never set. E.g.,
+        `time >= 0` folds to `true` as `time` is nonnegative.
+        """
+        grid = Grid(shape=(4, 4))
+        time = grid.time_dim
+
+        ct = ConditionalDimension(name='ct', parent=time, condition=time >= 0,
+                                  relation=relation)
+
+        f = TimeFunction(name='f', grid=grid, time_order=0, save=4)
+        f1 = TimeFunction(name='f', grid=grid, time_order=0, save=4)
+
+        eqn = Eq(f, time + 1, implicit_dims=ct)
+
+        op0 = Operator(eqn, opt='noop')
+        op1 = Operator(eqn)
+
+        for op in (op0, op1):
+            assert not FindNodes(Conditional).visit(op)
+
+        op0.apply(time_M=3)
+        op1.apply(time_M=3, f=f1)
+
+        assert np.all(f.data[:, 1, 1] == [1, 2, 3, 4])
+        assert np.all(f.data == f1.data)
+
     def test_guard_overflow(self):
         """
         A toy test showing how to create a Guard to prevent writes to buffers