Removed try/except block

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/core/setup_common.py b/numpy/core/setup_common.py
index f6544e954..36988475a 100644
--- a/numpy/core/setup_common.py
+++ b/numpy/core/setup_common.py
@@ -220,19 +220,15 @@ def check_long_double_representation(cmd):
     # which generates intermediary object files and prevents checking the
     # float representation.
     elif sys.platform != "win32" and cmd.compiler.compiler_type.startswith('intel') \
-            and '-ipo' in cmd.compiler.cc_exe:
-        try:
-            newcompiler = cmd.compiler.cc_exe.replace(' -ipo', '')
-            cmd.compiler.set_executables(
-                compiler=newcompiler,
-                compiler_so=newcompiler,
-                compiler_cxx=newcompiler,
-                linker_exe=newcompiler,
-                linker_so=newcompiler + ' -shared'
-            )
-        except (AttributeError, ValueError):
-            pass
-
+            and '-ipo' in cmd.compiler.cc_exe:        
+        newcompiler = cmd.compiler.cc_exe.replace(' -ipo', '')
+        cmd.compiler.set_executables(
+            compiler=newcompiler,
+            compiler_so=newcompiler,
+            compiler_cxx=newcompiler,
+            linker_exe=newcompiler,
+            linker_so=newcompiler + ' -shared'
+        )
 
     # We need to use _compile because we need the object filename
     src, obj = cmd._compile(body, None, None, 'c')