diff --git a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/data_access.js b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/data_access.js
index 79c39091e..4113d1606 100644
--- a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/data_access.js
+++ b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/data_access.js
@@ -2800,10 +2800,6 @@ Scholar.Collections = new function(){
 		
 		var result = Scholar.DB.query(sql);
 		
-		if (!result){
-			throw ('No collections found');
-		}
-		
 		for (var i=0; i<result.length; i++){
 			var collectionID = result[i]['collectionID'];