diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 72a7aa7ee..7741cc8e3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-12-11  Thomas Thurman  <tthurman@gnome.org>
+
+        * src/theme-parser.c: remove dead code; closes #501365.
+
 2007-12-08  Thomas Thurman  <tthurman@gnome.org>
 
 	* src/metacity.schemas.in: rewrite long description of
diff --git a/src/theme-parser.c b/src/theme-parser.c
index fb7c2bf2b..5e169e6eb 100644
--- a/src/theme-parser.c
+++ b/src/theme-parser.c
@@ -374,9 +374,6 @@ locate_attributes (GMarkupParseContext *context,
 
   va_end (args);
 
-  if (!retval)
-    return retval;
-
   i = 0;
   while (attribute_names[i])
     {