diff --git a/mobile/android/base/GeckoInputConnection.java b/mobile/android/base/GeckoInputConnection.java
index f9131097998..3fa548e3840 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/GeckoInputConnection.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/GeckoInputConnection.java
@@ -230,16 +230,8 @@ public class GeckoInputConnection
         extract.selectionStart = Selection.getSelectionStart(content);
         extract.selectionEnd = Selection.getSelectionEnd(content);
         extract.startOffset = 0;
+        extract.text = content.toString();
 
-        try {
-            extract.text = content.toString();
-        } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException iob) {
-            Log.d(LOGTAG,
-                  "IndexOutOfBoundsException thrown from getExtractedText(). start: "
-                  + Selection.getSelectionStart(content)
-                  + " end: " + Selection.getSelectionEnd(content));
-            return null;
-        }
         return extract;
     }