diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/NumberDeserializers.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/NumberDeserializers.java
index 522e75b92c..c20c579d75 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/NumberDeserializers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/NumberDeserializers.java
@@ -657,9 +657,7 @@ protected final Float _parseFloat(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt)
                 p.streamReadConstraints().validateFPLength(text.length());
                 try {
                     return NumberInput.parseFloat(text, p.isEnabled(StreamReadFeature.USE_FAST_DOUBLE_PARSER));
-                } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
-                    if (true) throw new Error();
-                }
+                } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) { }
             }
             return (Float) ctxt.handleWeirdStringValue(_valueClass, text,
                     "not a valid `Float` value");