1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Python/codecs.c b/Python/codecs.c
index 223ccca603..eb3cd35fb8 100644
--- a/Python/codecs.c
+++ b/Python/codecs.c
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ PyObject *normalizestring(const char *string)
     }
     p[i] = '\0';
     v = PyUnicode_FromString(p);
-    if (v == NULL)
-        return NULL;
     PyMem_Free(p);
     return v;
 }