JAL-1988 JAL-3416 avoid unnecessary static flag

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / jbgui / APQHandlers.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/jbgui/APQHandlers.java b/src/jalview/jbgui/APQHandlers.java
index e18ec44..00ce170 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/jbgui/APQHandlers.java
+++ b/src/jalview/jbgui/APQHandlers.java
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ import jalview.util.MessageManager;
 
 public class APQHandlers
 {
-  protected static boolean setAPQHandlers = false;
-
   public static boolean setAPQHandlers(GDesktop desktop)
   {
     FlatDesktop.setAboutHandler(() -> {
@@ -81,10 +79,8 @@ public class APQHandlers
         response.cancelQuit();
       }
     });
-
-    setAPQHandlers = true;
-
-    return setAPQHandlers;
+    // if we got to here, no exceptions occurred when we set the handlers.
+    return true;
   }
 
 }