diff --git a/lib/ansible/constants.py b/lib/ansible/constants.py
index 5f57860f384..c9ccd12e9ed 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/constants.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/constants.py
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ def get_config(p, section, key, env_var, default):
             return p.get(section, key)
         except:
             return default
-    else:
-        return default
+    return default
 
 def load_config_file():
     p = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()