diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/util/help.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/util/help.c
index edde541d238d750d55d890042f5142b03e4fe1e5..397487fb2bee6c2e0d609b42def7e5af4a27eca8 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/util/help.c
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/util/help.c
@@ -323,9 +323,6 @@ const char *help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
 	qsort(main_cmds.names, main_cmds.cnt,
 	      sizeof(*main_cmds.names), levenshtein_compare);
 
-	if (!main_cmds.cnt)
-		die ("Uh oh. Your system reports no Git commands at all.");
-
 	best_similarity = main_cmds.names[0]->len;
 	n = 1;
 	while (n < main_cmds.cnt && best_similarity == main_cmds.names[n]->len)