diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/p/python.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/p/python.py
index f7372845a8..f4f66dfbb8 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/p/python.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/p/python.py
@@ -643,11 +643,6 @@ def make_module_extra(self, *args, **kwargs):
             new_dir = os.path.join('lib', 'python' + self.pyshortver, 'site-packages')
             old_dir = os.path.join(log_path(), 'python')
             if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.installdir, new_dir, 'sitecustomize.py')):
-                if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.installdir, old_dir, 'sitecustomize.py')):
-                    raise EasyBuildError("sitecustomize.py is missing from installation.")
-                else:
-                    txt += self.module_generator.prepend_paths(PYTHONPATH, os.path.join(self.installdir, old_dir))
-
-
+                txt += self.module_generator.prepend_paths(PYTHONPATH, os.path.join(self.installdir, old_dir))
 
         return txt