diff --git a/Python/pystate.c b/Python/pystate.c
index 098280d..aba673c 100644
--- a/Python/pystate.c
+++ b/Python/pystate.c
@@ -206,14 +206,7 @@
     interp->id_refcount = -1;
     interp->check_interval = 100;
 
-    PyStatus status = PyConfig_InitPythonConfig(&interp->config);
-    if (_PyStatus_EXCEPTION(status)) {
-        /* Don't report status to caller: PyConfig_InitPythonConfig()
-           can only fail with a memory allocation error. */
-        PyConfig_Clear(&interp->config);
-        PyMem_RawFree(interp);
-        return NULL;
-    }
+    PyConfig_InitPythonConfig(&interp->config);
 
     interp->eval_frame = _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault;
 #ifdef HAVE_DLOPEN