diff --git a/glTF-Toolkit/src/DeviceResources.cpp b/glTF-Toolkit/src/DeviceResources.cpp
index 0e5ae15..9505dbe 100644
--- a/glTF-Toolkit/src/DeviceResources.cpp
+++ b/glTF-Toolkit/src/DeviceResources.cpp
@@ -105,12 +105,6 @@ void DeviceResources::CreateDeviceResources()
             context.GetAddressOf()      // Returns the device immediate context.
             );
     }
-#if defined(NDEBUG)
-    else
-    {
-        throw std::exception("No Direct3D hardware device found");
-    }
-#else
     if (FAILED(hr))
     {
         // If the initialization fails, fall back to the WARP device.
@@ -134,7 +128,6 @@ void DeviceResources::CreateDeviceResources()
             OutputDebugStringA("Direct3D Adapter - WARP\n");
         }
     }
-#endif
 
     ThrowIfFailed(hr);