diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/EveryScopeStage.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/EveryScopeStage.ts
index 1c294e3867..32f78df186 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/EveryScopeStage.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/EveryScopeStage.ts
@@ -73,20 +73,13 @@ export class EveryScopeStage implements ModifierStage {
     if (scopes == null) {
       // If target had no explicit range, or was contained by a single target
       // instance, expand to iteration scope before overlapping
-      try {
-        scopes = this.getDefaultIterationRange(
-          scopeHandler,
-          this.scopeHandlerFactory,
-          target,
-        ).flatMap((iterationRange) =>
-          getScopesOverlappingRange(scopeHandler, editor, iterationRange),
-        );
-      } catch (error) {
-        if (!(error instanceof NoContainingScopeError)) {
-          throw error;
-        }
-        scopes = [];
-      }
+      scopes = this.getDefaultIterationRange(
+        scopeHandler,
+        this.scopeHandlerFactory,
+        target,
+      ).flatMap((iterationRange) =>
+        getScopesOverlappingRange(scopeHandler, editor, iterationRange),
+      );
     }
 
     if (scopes.length === 0) {