diff --git a/unshare/__init__.py b/unshare/__init__.py
index 3bd6aeb91e042bd0085f11eae6b4ffc318568f5e..18b66a8e2cba3a7ea14df5b570e448f749f20c00 100644
--- a/unshare/__init__.py
+++ b/unshare/__init__.py
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@ import ctypes
 try:
     from constants import *
 except ImportError:
-    try:
-        from unshare.constants import *
-    except BaseException as e:
-        raise e
+    from unshare.constants import *
 
 libc = ctypes.CDLL('libc.so.6')