diff --git a/app/settings.rb b/app/settings.rb
index e0cfa112..2a50203a 100644
--- a/app/settings.rb
+++ b/app/settings.rb
@@ -155,17 +155,7 @@ post '/settings/:username/custom_domain' do
   begin
     Socket.gethostbyname @site.values[:domain]
   rescue SocketError, ResolutionError => e
-    if e.message =~ /name or service not known/i
-      flash[:error] = 'Domain needs to be valid and already registered.'
-      redirect "/settings/#{@site.username}#custom_domain"
-    elsif e.message =~ /No address associated with hostname/i
-      #flash[:error] = "The domain isn't setup to use Neocities yet, cannot add. Please make the A and CNAME record changes where you registered your domain."
-      #redirect "/settings/#{@site.username}#custom_domain"
-    else
-      raise e
-    end
-  rescue Socket::ResolutionError
-    flash[:error] = 'Temporary failure in name resolution, please try again later.'
+    flash[:error] = "The domain isn't setup to use Neocities yet, cannot add. Please make the A and CNAME record changes where you registered your domain."
     redirect "/settings/#{@site.username}#custom_domain"
   end