diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d05a19c909..4135eb93f4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Release date: TBA
   The breaking change allows us to better type and re-use the method within ``astroid``.
 
 * Improved signature of the ``__init__`` and ``__postinit__`` methods of most nodes.
-  This includes makes ``lineno``, ``col_offset``, ``end_lineno``, ``end_col_offset`` and ``parent``
+  This includes making ``lineno``, ``col_offset``, ``end_lineno``, ``end_col_offset`` and ``parent``
   required arguments for ``nodes.NodeNG`` and its subclasses.
   For most other nodes, arguments of their ``__postinit__`` methods have been made required to better
   represent how they would normally be constructed by the standard library ``ast`` module.
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Release date: TBA
 * Remove dependency on ``wrapt``.
 
 * Remove dependency on ``lazy_object_proxy``. This includes the removal
-  of the assosicated ``lazy_import``, ``lazy_descriptor`` and ``proxy_alias`` utility functions.
+  of the associated ``lazy_import``, ``lazy_descriptor`` and ``proxy_alias`` utility functions.
 
 * ``CallSite._unpack_args`` and ``CallSite._unpack_keywords`` now use ``safe_infer()`` for
   better inference and fewer false positives.
diff --git a/astroid/interpreter/_import/util.py b/astroid/interpreter/_import/util.py
index 06afd19267..a8af9ec6ae 100644
--- a/astroid/interpreter/_import/util.py
+++ b/astroid/interpreter/_import/util.py
@@ -78,12 +78,8 @@ def is_namespace(modname: str) -> bool:
 
             # Repair last_submodule_search_locations
             if last_submodule_search_locations:
-                # TODO: py38: remove except
-                try:
-                    # pylint: disable=unsubscriptable-object
-                    last_item = last_submodule_search_locations[-1]
-                except TypeError:
-                    last_item = last_submodule_search_locations._recalculate()[-1]
+                # pylint: disable=unsubscriptable-object
+                last_item = last_submodule_search_locations[-1]
                 # e.g. for failure example above, add 'a/b' and keep going
                 # so that find_spec('a.b.c', path=['a', 'a/b']) succeeds
                 assumed_location = pathlib.Path(last_item) / component