diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
index b6c652b8ca..a05c1f3c30 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
@@ -162,8 +162,6 @@ class CurlDownloadStrategy < AbstractDownloadStrategy
     puts "Trying a mirror..."
     @url = mirrors.shift
     retry
-  else
-    tarball_path
   end
 
   # gunzip and bunzip2 write the output file in the same directory as the input