1 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/application/palemoon/components/feeds/WebContentConverter.js b/application/palemoon/components/feeds/WebContentConverter.js
index 41679b028..42e2edee0 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/components/feeds/WebContentConverter.js
+++ b/application/palemoon/components/feeds/WebContentConverter.js
@@ -436,13 +436,8 @@ WebContentConverterRegistrar.prototype = {
 
     // check if it is in the black list
     var pb = Cc["@mozilla.org/preferences-service;1"].getService(Ci.nsIPrefBranch);
-    var allowed;
-    try {
-      allowed = pb.getBoolPref(PREF_HANDLER_EXTERNAL_PREFIX + "." + aProtocol);
-    }
-    catch (e) {
-      allowed = pb.getBoolPref(PREF_HANDLER_EXTERNAL_PREFIX + "-default");
-    }
+    var allowed = pb.getBoolPref(PREF_HANDLER_EXTERNAL_PREFIX + "." + aProtocol,
+      pb.getBoolPref(PREF_HANDLER_EXTERNAL_PREFIX + "-default"));
     if (!allowed) {
       // XXX this should be a "security exception" according to spec
       throw("Not allowed to register a protocol handler for " + aProtocol);