diff --git a/news/440785C8-AC99-4ED9-8ECE-7C92B4358026.trivial b/news/440785C8-AC99-4ED9-8ECE-7C92B4358026.trivial
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f731b61e8..0557690de 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ def get_version(rel_path):
             # __version__ = "0.9"
             delim = '"' if '"' in line else "'"
             return line.split(delim)[1]
-    else:
-        raise RuntimeError("Unable to find version string.")
+    raise RuntimeError("Unable to find version string.")
 
 
 long_description = read('README.rst')