diff --git a/src/manage.py b/src/manage.py
index d31636f923b6421015f9d8eca96eee22f94de2fc..68a31626ba48090be7d4cf5607bc718c974c6aff 100755
--- a/src/manage.py
+++ b/src/manage.py
@@ -7,16 +7,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     try:
         from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
     except ImportError:
-        # The above import may fail for some other reason. Ensure that the
-        # issue is really that Django is missing to avoid masking other
-        # exceptions on Python 2.
-        try:
-            import django
-        except ImportError:
-            raise ImportError(
-                "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
-                "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
-                "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
-            )
-        raise
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+        )
     execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)