diff --git a/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/__init__.py b/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/__init__.py
index 6aed31bd..e4540977 100644
--- a/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/__init__.py
+++ b/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/__init__.py
@@ -539,7 +539,6 @@ def find_file(reg):
             path += "/"
     except IndexError:
         print("try failed got an IndexError")
-        pass
 
     try:
         pat = re.compile(r"%s$" % reg)