remove test that can never be true

diff --git a/dns/rcode.py b/dns/rcode.py
index d9ea005109dd310b29f82ca31f52a1fa88b14733..846bf6dcd7d4c921fc63ca0c08bddfd17ed0e202 100644 (file)
--- a/dns/rcode.py
+++ b/dns/rcode.py
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ def from_flags(flags, ednsflags):
     """
 
     value = (flags & 0x000f) | ((ednsflags >> 20) & 0xff0)
-    if value < 0 or value > 4095:
-        raise ValueError('rcode must be >= 0 and <= 4095')
     return value