--- a/whois/__init__.py	Wed Jan 09 09:00:47 2013 +1100
+++ b/whois/__init__.py	Wed Jan 09 09:07:47 2013 +1100
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     # clean domain to expose netloc
     domain = extract_domain(url)
     try:
-        raise OSError()
         # try native whois command first
         r = subprocess.Popen(['whois', domain], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
         text = r.stdout.read()