diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
index 9e08a7321be558..1f7e496e97bd22 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -541,7 +541,6 @@ def has_no_debug_ranges():
     except ImportError:
         raise unittest.SkipTest("_testinternalcapi required")
     return not _testcapi.config_get('code_debug_ranges')
-    return not bool(config['code_debug_ranges'])
 
 def requires_debug_ranges(reason='requires co_positions / debug_ranges'):
     return unittest.skipIf(has_no_debug_ranges(), reason)