diff --git a/packages/orchestration/src/examples/sendAnywhere.flows.js b/packages/orchestration/src/examples/sendAnywhere.flows.js
index 29f9210851be..bec1a57ee3de 100644
--- a/packages/orchestration/src/examples/sendAnywhere.flows.js
+++ b/packages/orchestration/src/examples/sendAnywhere.flows.js
@@ -50,12 +50,7 @@ export const sendIt = async (
   const { chainId } = info;
   assert(typeof chainId === 'string', 'bad chainId');
 
-  try {
-    await localTransfer(seat, contractState.localAccount, give);
-  } catch (e) {
-    // FIXME do we need to recover funds from tempSeat?
-    return seat.fail(Fail`Local transfer failed ${q(e)}`);
-  }
+  await localTransfer(seat, contractState.localAccount, give);
 
   try {
     await contractState.localAccount.transfer(