--- rxvt-unicode/src/keyboard.C	2011/12/03 11:47:19	1.55
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/keyboard.C	2011/12/05 12:22:50	1.56
@@ -114,9 +114,6 @@
 
   keysym_t *key = new keysym_t;
 
-  if (!key)
-    rxvt_fatal ("memory allocation failure. aborting.\n");
-
   key->keysym = keysym;
   key->state  = state;
   key->str    = translation;