From 69eeb202832ad8e02119dc555f89cfdc9d9bd53f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ray Speth <speth@mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 15:50:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Remove duplicate check for thermo node

---
 src/thermo/IdealMolalSoln.cpp | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/thermo/IdealMolalSoln.cpp b/src/thermo/IdealMolalSoln.cpp
index b669d4fd7..7c5717640 100644
--- a/src/thermo/IdealMolalSoln.cpp
+++ b/src/thermo/IdealMolalSoln.cpp
@@ -406,12 +406,6 @@ void IdealMolalSoln::initThermo()
 
 void IdealMolalSoln::initThermoXML(XML_Node& phaseNode, const std::string& id_)
 {
-    // Find the Thermo XML node
-    if (!phaseNode.hasChild("thermo")) {
-        throw CanteraError("IdealMolalSoln::initThermoXML",
-                           "no thermo XML node");
-    }
-
     // Initialize the whole thermo object, using a virtual function.
     initThermo();