1 files changed, 2 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/checks/ecdsa.cpp b/checks/ecdsa.cpp
index 532a1c546..c86668baf 100644
--- a/checks/ecdsa.cpp
+++ b/checks/ecdsa.cpp
@@ -112,16 +112,8 @@ void test_hash_larger_than_n(RandomNumberGenerator& rng)
    // we make sure it doesn't fail because of the invalid signature,
    // but because of the Encoding_Error
 
-   bool ver_exc = false;
-   try
-      {
-      pk_verifier->verify_message(message, signature);
-      }
-   catch(Encoding_Error e)
-      {
-      ver_exc = true;
-      }
-   CHECK(ver_exc);
+   if(pk_verifier->verify_message(message, signature))
+      std::cout << "Corrupt ECDSA signature verified, should not have\n";
    }
 
 /**