diff --git a/google/refine/refine.py b/google/refine/refine.py
index c611acd..8be64b7 100644
--- a/google/refine/refine.py
+++ b/google/refine/refine.py
@@ -47,12 +47,9 @@ class RefineServer(object):
         try:
             response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
         except urllib2.URLError as (url_error,):
-            if 'Connection refused' in url_error:
-                raise urllib2.URLError(
-                    '%s for %s. No Refine server reachable/running; ENV set?' %
-                    (url_error, self.server))
-            else:
-                raise
+            raise urllib2.URLError(
+                '%s for %s. No Refine server reachable/running; ENV set?' %
+                (url_error, self.server))
         if response.info().get('Content-Encoding', None) == 'gzip':
             # Need a seekable filestream for gzip
             gzip_fp = gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=StringIO.StringIO(response.read()))