diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/translate/UnicodeUnescaper.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/translate/UnicodeUnescaper.java
index 3c477d41f..3b1e9d02d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/translate/UnicodeUnescaper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/translate/UnicodeUnescaper.java
@@ -56,10 +56,9 @@ public int translate(final CharSequence input, final int index, final Writer out
                     throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to parse unicode value: " + unicode, nfe);
                 }
                 return i + 4;
-            } else {
-                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Less than 4 hex digits in unicode value: '" + input.subSequence(index, input.length())
-                        + "' due to end of CharSequence");
             }
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Less than 4 hex digits in unicode value: '" + input.subSequence(index, input.length())
+                    + "' due to end of CharSequence");
         }
         return 0;
     }