diff --git a/src/xdist/dsession.py b/src/xdist/dsession.py
index 5e91057..04e9f13 100644
--- a/src/xdist/dsession.py
+++ b/src/xdist/dsession.py
@@ -49,11 +49,8 @@ class DSession(object):
         self._max_worker_restart = get_default_max_worker_restart(self.config)
         # summary message to print at the end of the session
         self._summary_report = None
-        try:
-            self.terminal = config.pluginmanager.getplugin("terminalreporter")
-        except KeyError:
-            self.terminal = None
-        else:
+        self.terminal = config.pluginmanager.getplugin("terminalreporter")
+        if self.terminal:
             self.trdist = TerminalDistReporter(config)
             config.pluginmanager.register(self.trdist, "terminaldistreporter")
 
diff --git a/src/xdist/plugin.py b/src/xdist/plugin.py
index 9f1f7dd..4a0488e 100644
--- a/src/xdist/plugin.py
+++ b/src/xdist/plugin.py
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
         session = DSession(config)
         config.pluginmanager.register(session, "dsession")
         tr = config.pluginmanager.getplugin("terminalreporter")
-        tr.showfspath = False
+        if tr:
+            tr.showfspath = False
     if config.getoption("boxed"):
         config.option.forked = True