diff --git a/dali/dfuXRefLib/dfuxreflib.cpp b/dali/dfuXRefLib/dfuxreflib.cpp
index 46e74a5594d..9aa318a916b 100644
--- a/dali/dfuXRefLib/dfuxreflib.cpp
+++ b/dali/dfuXRefLib/dfuxreflib.cpp
@@ -2638,11 +2638,7 @@ class CXRefManager: public CXRefManagerBase
         Owned<IGroup> g;
         unsigned j;
         if (!nclusters) {
-#ifdef _CONTAINERIZED
             error("XREF","No storage planes specified\n");
-#else
-            error("XREF","No clusters specified\n");
-#endif
             return NULL;
         }
         if (!numdirs) {