diff --git a/knownpaths.py b/knownpaths.py
index a9b9e24..0aa1a0c 100644
--- a/knownpaths.py
+++ b/knownpaths.py
@@ -3,13 +3,7 @@
 '''
 import sys
 import ctypes
-try:
-    from ctypes import windll, wintypes
-except ImportError, ValueError:
-    # catch ImportError and ValueError due to issue16396
-    # http://bugs.python.org/issue16396
-    pass
-
+from ctypes import windll, wintypes
 from uuid import UUID
 
 class GUID(ctypes.Structure):   # [1]