diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 05e5c405a35..c5b732527a5 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-05-03  Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
+
+	* python/python.c (_initialize_python) [IS_PY3K]: Remove dead
+	code.
+
 2016-05-03  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
 	* configure.ac (PYTHON_LIBS): Sed away "-Xlinker -export-dynamic".
diff --git a/gdb/python/python.c b/gdb/python/python.c
index b90e5e53dc2..ea9cf85d9a0 100644
--- a/gdb/python/python.c
+++ b/gdb/python/python.c
@@ -1711,11 +1711,6 @@ message == an error message without a stack will be printed."),
   oldloc = setlocale (LC_ALL, NULL);
   setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
   progsize = strlen (progname);
-  if (progsize == (size_t) -1)
-    {
-      fprintf (stderr, "Could not convert python path to string\n");
-      return;
-    }
   progname_copy = (wchar_t *) PyMem_Malloc ((progsize + 1) * sizeof (wchar_t));
   if (!progname_copy)
     {