diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/5202-bugfix-environmentError-wrong-indentation.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/5202-bugfix-environmentError-wrong-indentation.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d9001169b0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5202-bugfix-environmentError-wrong-indentation.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - listen_ports_facts - removed leftover ``EnvironmentError`` . The ``else`` clause had a wrong indentation. The check is now handled in the ``split_pid_name`` function (https://github.com//pull/5202).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/modules/system/listen_ports_facts.py b/plugins/modules/system/listen_ports_facts.py
index c137a33e427..fc4afa6d7bd 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/system/listen_ports_facts.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/system/listen_ports_facts.py
@@ -257,8 +257,6 @@ def netStatParse(raw):
             }
             if result not in results:
                 results.append(result)
-            else:
-                raise EnvironmentError('Could not get process information for the listening ports.')
     return results