  We revisit the well-studied outburst of the low mass X-ray binary (LMXB)
system V404 Cygni, and claims of gamma-ray excesses observed with the Fermi-LAT
instrument. Upon analysing an 11.5 year dataset with the 8-year LAT point
source catalogue and 8-year background models, we find no evidence to suggest
that there is high energy gamma-ray emission during the outburst period (or at
any other time) from V404 Cygni. This is due to the proximity of V404 Cygni to
the gamma-ray emitting blazar B2023+336, a luminous source approximately 0.3
degrees away, which causes source confusion at the position of V404 Cygni, the
luminous gamma-ray background, and the use of older background models and
catalogues in previous studies.
