diff --git a/lib/diaspora/parser.rb b/lib/diaspora/parser.rb
index da3344d84..ca8579eee 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/parser.rb
@@ -7,16 +7,7 @@ module Diaspora
     def self.from_xml(xml)
       doc = Nokogiri::XML(xml) { |cfg| cfg.noblanks }
       return unless body = doc.xpath("/XML/post").children.first
-
-      begin
-        new_object = body.name.camelize.constantize.from_xml body.to_s
-        return new_object
-      rescue NameError => e
-        if e.message.include? 'wrong constant name'
-          Rails.logger.info "Not a real type: #{object.to_s}"
-        end
-        raise e
-      end
+      body.name.camelize.constantize.from_xml body.to_s
     end
   end
 end