diff --git a/desktop/browser.c b/desktop/browser.c
index 16dd2e278..18c7fa247 100644
--- a/desktop/browser.c
+++ b/desktop/browser.c
@@ -857,9 +857,8 @@ nserror browser_window_initialise_common(enum browser_window_create_flags flags,
 	bw->jsctx = js_newcontext(nsoption_int(script_timeout),
 				  slow_script,
 				  NULL);
-	if (bw->jsctx == NULL) {
-		return NSERROR_NOMEM;
-	}
+	/* If bw->jsctx == NULL, it might be because we built with no JS.
+	 * TODO: Error handling in the with JS case. */
 
 	if (flags & BW_CREATE_CLONE) {
 		assert(existing != NULL);