diff --git a/src/sbbs3/js_com.c b/src/sbbs3/js_com.c
index 18d3c6249abe0924aa3da83623664091a6829cb9..9d7758f2f19693f31d4edd9bc2913e3f2b6023ca 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/js_com.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/js_com.c
@@ -795,8 +795,6 @@ js_com_constructor(JSContext *cx, uintN argc, jsval *arglist)
 	if(argc > 0) {
 		JSVALUE_TO_MSTRING(cx, argv[0], fname, NULL);
 		HANDLE_PENDING(cx);
-		if(JS_IsExceptionPending(cx))
-			return JS_FALSE;
 	}
 	if(argc==0 || fname==NULL) {
 		JS_ReportError(cx,"Failure reading port name");