diff --git a/connexion/operations/swagger2.py b/connexion/operations/swagger2.py
index ea0fab068..6764cc174 100644
--- a/connexion/operations/swagger2.py
+++ b/connexion/operations/swagger2.py
@@ -160,10 +160,7 @@ def example_response(self, code=None, *args, **kwargs):
         Returns example response from spec
         """
         # simply use the first/lowest status code, this is probably 200 or 201
-        try:
-            code = code or sorted(self._responses.keys())[0]
-        except IndexError:
-            code = 200
+        code = code or sorted(self._responses.keys())[0]
         examples_path = [str(code), 'examples']
         schema_example_path = [str(code), 'schema', 'example']
         try: