diff --git a/hydrus/client/networking/ClientNetworkingURLClass.py b/hydrus/client/networking/ClientNetworkingURLClass.py
index 31508427..57dfcb84 100644
--- a/hydrus/client/networking/ClientNetworkingURLClass.py
+++ b/hydrus/client/networking/ClientNetworkingURLClass.py
@@ -1049,15 +1049,7 @@ class URLClass( HydrusSerialisable.SerialisableBaseNamed ):
         num_total_path_components = len( self._path_components )
         num_required_parameters = len( [ 1 for parameter in self._parameters if parameter.GetDefaultValue() is None ] )
         num_total_parameters = len( self._parameters )
-        
-        try:
-            
-            len_example_url = len( self.Normalise( self._example_url, ephemeral_ok = True ) )
-            
-        except:
-            
-            len_example_url = len( self._example_url )
-            
+        len_example_url = len( self.Normalise( self._example_url, ephemeral_ok = True ) )
         
         return ( num_required_path_components, num_total_path_components, num_required_parameters, num_total_parameters, len_example_url )