diff --git a/hate_crack.py b/hate_crack.py
index 70ca7cb..2f8b3aa 100755
--- a/hate_crack.py
+++ b/hate_crack.py
@@ -61,12 +61,6 @@ except KeyError as e:
     print('{0} is not defined in config.json using defaults from config.json.example'.format(e))
     pipalPath = default_config['pipalPath']
 
-try:
-    hcatRules = config_parser['hcatRules']
-except KeyError as e:
-    print('{0} is not defined in config.json using defaults from config.json.example'.format(e))
-    hcatRules = default_config['hcatRules']
-
 try:
     hcatDictionaryWordlist = config_parser['hcatDictionaryWordlist']
 except KeyError as e: