diff --git a/pysat/instruments/sw_f107.py b/pysat/instruments/sw_f107.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/pysat/instruments/sw_f107.py
+++ b/pysat/instruments/sw_f107.py
@@ -382,14 +382,8 @@ def download(date_array, tag, sat_id, data_path, user=None, password=None):
             if data.empty:
                 warnings.warn("no data for {:}".format(date), UserWarning)
             else:
-                try:
-                    # This is the new data format
-                    times = [pysat.datetime.strptime(time, '%Y%m%d')
-                             for time in data.pop('time')]
-                except ValueError:
-                    # Accepts old file formats
-                    times = [pysat.datetime.strptime(time, '%Y %m %d')
-                             for time in data.pop('time')]
+                times = [pysat.datetime.strptime(time, '%Y%m%d')
+                         for time in data.pop('time')]
                 data.index = times
                 # replace fill with NaNs
                 idx, = np.where(data['f107'] == -99999.0)
ENH: Updated download timehandling for LASP F<I>

Removed the try/except catch for the old format, since this is only used in the download routine and thus only needs to know the new format.