diff --git a/lib/yaml/store.rb b/lib/yaml/store.rb
index 27c823b..1d2e7cf 100644
--- a/lib/yaml/store.rb
+++ b/lib/yaml/store.rb
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
 #
 require 'yaml'
 
-begin
-  require 'pstore'
-rescue LoadError
-end
+require 'pstore'
 
 # YAML::Store provides the same functionality as PStore, except it uses YAML
 # to dump objects instead of Marshal.