diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py
index b3fb9af6011..30be5c5324c 100644
--- a/Lib/socket.py
+++ b/Lib/socket.py
@@ -459,5 +459,4 @@ def create_connection(address, timeout=None):
             if sock is not None:
                 sock.close()
 
-    raise RuntimeError("error %s, msg %s" % (error, msg))
     raise error, msg