diff --git a/fedmsg/consumers/ircbot.py b/fedmsg/consumers/ircbot.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/fedmsg/consumers/ircbot.py
+++ b/fedmsg/consumers/ircbot.py
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ class IRCBotConsumer(FedmsgConsumer):
             if f and re.search(f, topic):
                 return False
         for f in filters.get('body', []):
-            type(msg)
             if f and re.search(f, str(msg)):
                 return False
         return True
Remove old debug artifact.