diff --git a/bin/ansible b/bin/ansible
index 7cd76e45507..70e6863f6bf 100755
--- a/bin/ansible
+++ b/bin/ansible
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ import os
 import sys
 import traceback
 
-from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound
-
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleOptionsError, AnsibleParserError
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 from ansible.utils.unicode import to_unicode
@@ -100,9 +98,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     except AnsibleError as e:
         display.error(to_unicode(e), wrap_text=False)
         sys.exit(1)
-    except DistributionNotFound as e:
-        display.error("There is an issue with the Ansible installation: %s" % to_unicode(e))
-        sys.exit(10)
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         display.error("User interrupted execution")
         sys.exit(99)