diff --git a/hggit/__init__.py b/hggit/__init__.py
index d17e5d78ed675470b91f284e48ab65a0c9b19bc6_aGdnaXQvX19pbml0X18ucHk=..0278ea5b5781a37c453fec4c145121ba0e0e024f_aGdnaXQvX19pbml0X18ucHk= 100644
--- a/hggit/__init__.py
+++ b/hggit/__init__.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 # became a set
 try:
     demandimport.IGNORES.add('collections')
-except AttributeError as e:  # pre 4.7 API
+except AttributeError:  # pre 4.7 API
     demandimport.ignore.extend([
         'collections',
     ])