diff --git a/static/js/csrf.js b/static/js/csrf.js
index 5cd60973f8..fb83de565a 100644
--- a/static/js/csrf.js
+++ b/static/js/csrf.js
@@ -1,18 +1,9 @@
 var csrf_token;
 $(function () {
     // This requires that we used Jinja2's {% csrf_input %} somewhere on the page.
-    var csrf_input = $('input[name="csrfmiddlewaretoken"]');
-    if (csrf_input.length > 0) {
-        csrf_token = csrf_input.attr('value');
-    } else {
-        csrf_token = undefined;
-    }
+    csrf_token = $('input[name="csrfmiddlewaretoken"]').attr('value');
     window.csrf_token = csrf_token;
 
-    if (csrf_token === undefined) {
-        return;
-    }
-
     $.ajaxSetup({
         beforeSend: function (xhr, settings) {
             if (!(/^http:.*/.test(settings.url) || /^https:.*/.test(settings.url))) {