diff --git a/actions/ost-compare-structures b/actions/ost-compare-structures
index 82e572e186f39d643339c69c8ebd5ae0da3417e3..55824c75509a1d2dcec7a05c1bdc0db38b585de5 100644
--- a/actions/ost-compare-structures
+++ b/actions/ost-compare-structures
@@ -621,8 +621,8 @@ def _ReadStructureFile(path, c_alpha_only=False, fault_tolerant=False,
                 entity = _Select(entity)
                 entities.append(entity)
 
-        except Exception as exc:
-            raise exc
+        except Exception:
+            raise
     return entities