diff --git a/scripts/mailmapper b/scripts/mailmapper
index dd1ddf6..922ada6 100755
--- a/scripts/mailmapper
+++ b/scripts/mailmapper
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@
 try:
     toplevel = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'rev-parse', '--show-toplevel'])
 except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-    print >> sys.stderr, 'Please run in a git repository.'
-    sys.exit(1)
+    sys.exit('Please run in a git repository.')
 
 # strip '\n'
 toplevel = toplevel.rstrip()