--- rxvt-unicode/src/keyboard.C	2011/12/03 11:47:19	1.55
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/keyboard.C	2011/12/21 11:14:43	1.57
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 #include "rxvtperl.h"
 #include "keyboard.h"
-#include "command.h"
 
 /* an intro to the data structure:
  *
@@ -114,9 +113,6 @@
 
   keysym_t *key = new keysym_t;
 
-  if (!key)
-    rxvt_fatal ("memory allocation failure. aborting.\n");
-
   key->keysym = keysym;
   key->state  = state;
   key->str    = translation;