1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/utf8.c b/utf8.c
index cc799407ef..060aadab53 100644
--- a/utf8.c
+++ b/utf8.c
@@ -2453,7 +2453,7 @@ Perl__core_swash_init(pTHX_ const char* pkg, const char* name, SV *listsv, I32 m
 		Perl_croak(aTHX_
 			   "Can't find Unicode property definition \"%"SVf"\"",
 			   SVfARG(retval));
-	    Perl_croak(aTHX_ "SWASHNEW didn't return an HV ref");
+                NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 	}
     } /* End of calling the module to find the swash */