diff --git a/MD_STD.php b/MD_STD.php
index 9ac9b01..b9e1578 100644
--- a/MD_STD.php
+++ b/MD_STD.php
@@ -184,9 +184,7 @@ final class MD_STD {
      */
     public static function runCurl(string $url, int $timeout = 1200):string {
 
-        if (($curl = \curl_init()) === false) {
-            throw new MDExpectedException("Curl initialization failed.");
-        }
+        $curl = \curl_init();
 
         \curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
         \curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);