diff --git a/pyopencl/array.py b/pyopencl/array.py
index 252a181120a0d97dd72a220ca949513713d7cd4f..e8255393e67bb03da934eacdbbaa6be88c3c5d5b 100644
--- a/pyopencl/array.py
+++ b/pyopencl/array.py
@@ -144,10 +144,7 @@ def _create_vector_types():
             vec.types[np.dtype(base_type), count] = dtype
             vec.type_to_scalar_and_count[dtype] = np.dtype(base_type), count
 
-try:
-    _create_vector_types()
-except:
-    pass
+_create_vector_types()
 
 # }}}
 
diff --git a/test/test_wrapper.py b/test/test_wrapper.py
index d0095d65fd7a6815220acecc959b16779889ffd7..8cc4238c343a99548d81eb2d89ca43a75d60ae18 100644
--- a/test/test_wrapper.py
+++ b/test/test_wrapper.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import division, print_function
+from __future__ import division
 
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2009 Andreas Kloeckner"