diff --git a/utils/similarity/__init__.py b/utils/similarity/__init__.py
index 5a1473b46..e8ce679e9 100644
--- a/utils/similarity/__init__.py
+++ b/utils/similarity/__init__.py
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ import sys
 try:
     import fastText
 except ImportError:
-    fastText = None
-
-if fastText is None:
     print("ERROR: in order to use slither-simil, you need to install fastText 0.2.0:")
     print("$ pip3 install https://github.com/facebookresearch/fastText/archive/0.2.0.zip --user\n")
     sys.exit(-1)