diff --git a/processing/post/averageTable.py b/processing/post/averageTable.py
index 4a2f1eca6..aaa4ea88d 100755
--- a/processing/post/averageTable.py
+++ b/processing/post/averageTable.py
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ if options.label is None:
 if filenames == []: filenames = [None]
 
 for name in filenames:
-  damask.util.croak(name)
-
   try:    table = damask.ASCIItable(name = name,
                                     outname = os.path.join(
                                               os.path.split(name)[0],