diff --git a/lib/geocoder/lookups/maxmind.rb b/lib/geocoder/lookups/maxmind.rb
index 5f0912e0d872531d07892d470ba2966d32b31575..79eecf9bcae6882c2b6b01e64bb8b15a03a8fc7f 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/lookups/maxmind.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/lookups/maxmind.rb
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ module Geocoder::Lookup
           warn "Maxmind error : #{doc[10]}" if doc
           return []
         end
-      rescue StandardError => err
-        raise_error(err)
-        return []
       end
     end