diff --git a/WallpaperPicker/src/com/android/photos/BitmapRegionTileSource.java b/WallpaperPicker/src/com/android/photos/BitmapRegionTileSource.java
index 764156d..66ece4f 100644
--- a/WallpaperPicker/src/com/android/photos/BitmapRegionTileSource.java
+++ b/WallpaperPicker/src/com/android/photos/BitmapRegionTileSource.java
@@ -283,9 +283,6 @@
             } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                 Log.e("BitmapRegionTileSource", "Failed to load URI " + mUri, e);
                 return null;
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                Log.e("BitmapRegionTileSource", "Failure while reading URI " + mUri, e);
-                return null;
             }
         }
         @Override