diff --git a/IPython/core/completerlib.py b/IPython/core/completerlib.py
index 66dc95c..00bbefd 100644
--- a/IPython/core/completerlib.py
+++ b/IPython/core/completerlib.py
@@ -159,9 +159,6 @@ def try_import(mod, only_modules=False):
         m = import_module(mod)
     except:
         return []
-    mods = mod.split('.')
-    for module in mods[1:]:
-        m = getattr(m, module)
 
     m_is_init = hasattr(m, '__file__') and '__init__' in m.__file__