diff --git a/src/remote/blockingUDPTransport.cpp b/src/remote/blockingUDPTransport.cpp
index 16b377a..32e3a4a 100644
--- a/src/remote/blockingUDPTransport.cpp
+++ b/src/remote/blockingUDPTransport.cpp
@@ -727,7 +727,6 @@ void initializeUDPTransports(bool serverFlag,
             node.validBcast ? inetAddressToString(node.mask, false).c_str() : "<none>",
             node.validBcast ? inetAddressToString(node.bcast, false).c_str() : "<none>",
             node.validP2P ? inetAddressToString(node.peer, false).c_str() : "<none>");
-        try
         {
             // where to bind (listen) address
             osiSockAddr listenLocalAddress;
@@ -800,14 +799,6 @@ void initializeUDPTransports(bool serverFlag,
                 udpTransports.push_back(transport2);
             }
         }
-        catch (std::exception& e)
-        {
-            THROW_BASE_EXCEPTION_CAUSE("Failed to initialize UDP transport.", e);
-        }
-        catch (...)
-        {
-            THROW_BASE_EXCEPTION("Failed to initialize UDP transport.");
-        }
     }