diff --git a/src/shim/shim.c b/src/shim/shim.c
index 8a3adf7..ade2a13 100644
--- a/src/shim/shim.c
+++ b/src/shim/shim.c
@@ -286,8 +286,6 @@ bool shim_bootstrap()
                 lsi_config_load_defaults(&lsi_config);
         }
 
-        errno = 0;
-
         /* We might have additional variables we need to export */
         shim_export_extra(operation_prefix);
 
@@ -329,11 +327,6 @@ bool shim_bootstrap()
         unsetenv("XMODIFIERS");
         unsetenv("GTK_MODULES");
 
-        if (errno != 0) {
-                lsi_report_failure("Failed to bootstrap LSI: %s", strerror(errno));
-                return false;
-        }
-
         /* All done now. */
         return true;
 }