diff --git a/python2/httplib2/__init__.py b/python2/httplib2/__init__.py
index fbd2d76..6613496 100644
--- a/python2/httplib2/__init__.py
+++ b/python2/httplib2/__init__.py
@@ -993,7 +993,6 @@
         raise httplib.HTTPException()
 
     def getresponse(self):
-      return self.response
       if self.response:
         return self.response
       else: